Why Ugg Boots Were Banned from the Set of ‘The Odyssey’

At this point, seeing photos of actors wandering around in period costumes and Ugg boots on the set of their films is something of a tradition, but apparently that wasn’t the vibe on The Odyssey due to director Christopher Nolan having a strict “No Uggs” rule.As Anne Hathaway told USA Today, “I did show up one day with Uggs, and he looked down and went ‘Nope.’ I just went ‘No problem!’ And they never came back.”Nolan was asked about his aversion to Uggs by CBS and explained that they are “a signifier of modernity.”“The funny thing is, you can be on a set, where you’ve got a guy holding a microphone, you’ve got a giant camera, you’ve got crew everywhere,” he said. “But something like that can actually weirdly take you out of reality. And for me, I think that’s always been something, where, it’s like if someone’s eating a bag of chips off-camera or something.”Add Cosmopolitan as a preferred source in your Google search results.Use your Google account to add this to your settings.He added, “There are just certain things that remind you you’re in the real world as opposed to the world we’re trying to create for the actors. I want to stay in the moment, we want the actors to stay in the moment. And so for me, Ugg boots are a signifier of modernity.”By the way, this isn’t a new rule! He also banned Uggs on Oppenheimer. Emily Blunt told USA Today, “I would sometimes put on some Uggs and I’d just get this withering look down to my feet—it was like being in The Devil Wears Prada again. Just the look down to the shoes. And I’d go, ‘I know, I know. But I’m just sitting on an apple box in the background today!’”Okay, fair, but also now I’m in the mood for Uggs and these are on sale, so: