‘Fascinating and smart’: Christopher Nolan interview with China podcaster praised for depth

A deep-dive interview between filmmaker Christopher Nolan and Chinese doctoral student podcaster Zhongshu about his new film, The Odyssey, has gone viral worldwide, amassing over 20 million views. Building on his Oscar-winning success with Oppenheimer, Nolan has turned his attention to Homer’s Odyssey, a cornerstone of Western literature. His latest film chronicles the Greek hero Odysseus as he embarks on a prolonged journey home to Ithaca following the Trojan War, while his wife and son fend...

By Zoey Zhang

The Chinese woman behind a viral Christopher Nolan interview has tips on how to ask powerful people great questions

Christopher Nolan's interview with Chinese podcaster Yiyang Zhuge is going viral. Yanshan Zhang/Getty Images for Universal Pictures Christopher Nolan, the famed filmmaker behind "The Odyssey," has given many interviews. But his interview with a Chinese scholar is garnering millions of views for being a breath of fresh air. The internet is praising Yiyang Zhuge for asking Nolan deep, intellectual questions. Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" was released in July, and since then, the famed fil...