Jared Leto as Nemo Nobody, both 34 - and 118 - year - old. Nemo is a Latin word meaning "nobody ''. The name Nemo alludes to Captain Nemo, the main character of Jules Verne 's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. It is the false name that Odysseus in Homer 's poem Odyssey gives to the cyclops Polyphemus, to deceive him and save his own life. Van Dormael said that Leto was chosen because he is "an actor who could transform himself, as much physically as vocally, rhythmically, his breathing. '' Leto described his role saying, "Mr. Nobody is everyone and no one all at the same time, an illusion, the product of his own dreams. He 's love, he 's hope, he 's fear, he 's life and he 's death. This is without doubt the most complex character I 've ever played. It was a challenge to keep all these lives concentrated into one character for the duration of the filming without losing myself. But we had outlines and things that helped me to keep track of where we were. '' Actor Toby Regbo portrays Nemo at fifteen and Thomas Byrne Nemo at nine.
who plays the old man in mr nobody
Jared Leto