Christopher Nolan at the premiere of The Odyssey last week Filmmaker Christopher Nolan has claimed that the cast and crew of The Odyssey had “been through it” when the decision was made to stop filming ahead of schedule. Earlier this week, the Oscar winner paid a visit to The Daily Show to discuss his new movie, where host Jon Stewart asked if it was true that the film was completed “ahead of schedule” and “under budget”. “Yes,” the filmmaker confirmed, pointing out that this “never happens” in Hollywood. “The reality is, we [scheduled for] 100 days. And by day 91, we couldn’t have taken another step. So we finished.” “We finished at the right time,” he claimed, pointing out that “everybody was done”. “I mean, people were just exhausted,” Nolan continued. “They’d been through it. So, it took the right time to make the film. We had enough time to make it.” Nolan has made no secret of the fact that The Odyssey made for an especially tough shoot, elaborating further on this during a new interview with The Telegraph in which he complimented the crew for being so “game for it”. Meanwhile, cast members Matt Damon and Robert Pattinson have both shared their experiences of their gruelling time on set. Last month, Matt told GQ: “The joke on the crew was we didn’t have a single easy location. Every time we’d go somewhere, we’d be like, ‘Well, Iceland will be easier’. And then it’s raining sideways and it’s fucking freezing. Iceland was like, ‘Yeah, easy? Hey, hold my beer’.” He also admitted that even when the shoot moved from perilous locations to a soundstage in Los Angeles, this came with its own problems. “Sure enough, we showed up [to the set in LA] and Chris has two jet engines blowing so much water at us,” he explained. “So it was kind of a fitting end. Even the controlled environment was cold, wet, and a little bit miserable.” Robert then agreed that he had “never seen people look so exhausted” before beginning his work on The Odyssey. The Odyssey will be released in cinemas worldwide on Friday 17 July. READ MORE: Can't Wait For The Odyssey? Everything We Know About The Christopher Nolan Epic There's Good News And Bad News For Anyone Worried About The Odyssey's Epic Runtime All The Red Carpet Photos You Need To See From The Odyssey's Star-Studded Premiere