‘The greatest arms I’ve ever seen’: Matt Damon’s muscular female stunt double Devyn Dalton

Canadian stuntwoman is only 4ft 6in and stood in for star to make the giant Laestrygonians appear even bigger A 35-year-old stuntwoman is one of the great unsung heroes of Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster The Odyssey – standing in for Matt Damon and displaying what the actor called “the greatest arms I’ve ever seen”. Canadian Devyn Dalton was the Hollywood star’s stunt double in a pivotal scene in the film where Odysseus (Damon) and his men are confronted by the Laestrygonians, giant armoured cannibals. In order to make Damon and his crew appear dwarfed by the group of goliaths, the actors doing stunts needed to be small. Dalton is 4ft 6in (137cm) and her rippling, muscular arms were perfect to represent Damon’s own biceps. Dalton has “the greatest arms I’ve ever seen”, said Damon, speaking to podcaster Josh Horowitz on his show Happy Sad Confused. “Knowing my arms impressed Matt was honestly pretty special,” Dalton told the Guardian. “His shoutout in the press completely caught me by surprise … I’ll always appreciate that he did.” Dalton said she had known she wanted to tell stories since she was a child, inventing characters and costumes and put