Owner of Viking ship used in The Odyssey says studio has not paid bill for damage

Swedish nonprofit alleges cost to repair replica was $6,000 but Universal – which made $264m on film’s opening weekend – has not stumped up The Swedish owners of a Viking longship replica that features in the Hollywood blockbuster The Odyssey say they feel “forgotten” after film-makers allegedly returned the vessel damaged and failed to foot the bill for repairs. In nearly three decades at sea, the warship Glad av Gillberga – based on a wreck from around 1040 found in Denmark’s Roskilde fjord – has successfully sailed the North Sea, the Baltic and even voyaged to Canada. But after six months in the hands of Universal, which according to its owners promised to cover the cost of any repairs, it allegedly sustained considerable damage including to the stern and the mast. Vikingaleden, a nonprofit Viking centre in Värmland, western Sweden, said that when it invoiced Universal for the materials used to repair their ship (they did not charge for their volunteer labour), no payment arrived. A year later, while the Christopher Nolan epic starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya storms global box offices, taking $264m (£196m) in its opening weekend alone, it says it is st