JRisley
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Let's cast a Nordic guy from Sweden as Martin Luther King. Nothing wrong with it, he just needs to have good contents of character.
Right National Review?
National Review@NRO
What the Helen of Troy role most requires is luminous beauty, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with casting actors such as Lupita Nyong’o in roles that don’t match their ethnicity. | @RichLowry nationalreview.com/2026/05/does-i…
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@HomerPavlos Stop already don’t you have something better to doo than farm clicks .
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Christopher Nolan could have cast Klelia Andriolatou, a Greek actress who would have been perfect for the role. But he bowed to a dying agenda, and now he has destroyed his own career. It was literally that easy.
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@ComicsAbsolute @DragonFairyX1 @Wokenessisevil It’s not the same thing lmao . The wakandens being black is essential to thier character
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@DragonFairyX1 @Wokenessisevil No, because it isn't real, you can make them however you want just like with Helen.
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How about race swapping Wakandans? Would you be ok with that?
Kat Coffin Author@KatinOxford
There is zero reason to be upset about Helen of Troy being cast as a black woman. Except racism. There is no “historical accuracy” in a myth. Helen is not a real person. The requirements for Helen are to be extraordinarily beautiful and that more than describes Lupita.
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@thatstarwarsgrl There both fictional characters and thier race dosent play a role in the character
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Hollywood sacrificed accuracy for diversity
People Of The Internet@PeopleOfTheInt
The Evolution of Cinema in 2026.
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@TheCriticalDri1 Bro said the Batman was a terrible movie . Thanks for letting me know not to listen to your takes .
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The Batman was a terrible movie. Pattinson is a poor Bruce Wayne and Batman. The Riddler actually won!
The amount of bots and shills for Reeves, Pattinson, and this movie are only bested by James Gunn's Superman "fans".
Their accounts are all 10-15 years old >500 followers.
DiscussingFilm@DiscussingFilm
Scarlett Johansson will officially star in ‘THE BATMAN: PART 2’. Confirmed by Matt Reeves.
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You know, it's bad enough being erased out of your own homeland, but being written out of your own history and myth is an insult and crime beyond measure, something perhaps never attempted before in history.
New York Post@nypost
Christopher Nolan defends ruthless backlash to ‘Odyssey’ casting trib.al/ZohBPVH
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@MarioNawfal People will do anything to create a story. Why can’t people accept, creative liberties.
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Christopher Nolan on 60 Minutes this Sunday.
The interview drops right as backlash over his Odyssey casting boils over.
Lupita Nyong'o. Elliot Page.
Two choices that fans say betray Homer entirely.
Will be interesting to see how he navigates this.
Elon Musk@elonmusk
@Variety Chris Nolan is pissing on Homer’s grave. Disgraceful.
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No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
I hope it's a retarded rumor. Elliot doesn't even look like the part let alone a MAN
FOR FUCK SAKE I RATHER PEDRO PASCAL PLAY ACHILLES THAN THIS RETARDED TWINK
Movies Scenes 🎫@SceneinCinema
Elliot Page will play Achilles in The Odyssey (2026). Brad Pitt portrayed Achilles earlier in Troy (2004).
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This is about to be the easiest sweep of Shai’s career Lakers the weakest team in the playoffs and got lucky last series
NBA@NBA
THE KING VS. THE CHAMPS! LeBron and the Lakers. Shai and the Thunder. Game 1 tonight… Who Ya Got?? @Kia
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@LakersDailyCom Fans in LA will never wear XL’s. Gotta get different sizing
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John Ireland on OKC’s home arena: “They give out T-shirts like we do at Crypto. The difference is their fans actually wear them.”
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@TEBerry2 Tell me you never read the Odyssey without telling me you never read the Odyssey
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@percyapollos Except they’re not in Ancient Greece it’s a goddam movie made for modern audiences.
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the concept of them using the word “daddy” in ancient greece
Film Updates@FilmUpdates
Robert Pattinson to Tom Holland in Christopher Nolan’s ‘THE ODYSSEY’: “You’re pining for a daddy you didn’t even know.”
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@adonispara @circumcisedbull You act like there is an over abundance of blockbuster movies to watch to even afford to skip a Christopher Nolan movie.
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The entire point of helen is that her beauty was so extreme that two civilizations went to war over her face. that's the plot. Nolan race swapped the most famous beauty standard in western literature with whatever this is. directly contradicting the plot basically.
The Odyssey Movie@odysseymovie
Defy the Gods. Watch the New Trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and experience the film in theaters 7 17 26.
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If this is true, then Christopher Nolan has just flushed his entire legacy down the toilet.
What a way to capitulate to the deranged Hollywood hive mind. Especially given his position and the respect he has earned, the last thing he ever needed to do was appease woke narratives.
"Elliot," who is a woman, is 5 feet tall. Now, even if by some miracle it wasn’t made obvious that she is a woman, the height and the complete absence of literally anything that would make her resemble Achilles even in the slightest way is just comical.
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I'm sorry, but Nolan casting Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy has completely killed all immersion in this epic for me.
Homer’s Odyssey was never some diverse melting pot. Helen was a fair skinned, golden-haired Spartan queen, daughter of Zeus, the ultimate beauty in an epic built by European blood and gods. Yet i'm meant to believe her face was the one who launched a 1,000 ships?
It's very sad to see Nolan go down this route. Ancient Greece wasn’t full of Sub Saharans, yet they’re flooding Ithaca with dei and tokenism. This destroys what could’ve been a incredible Epic. Tragic.
The Odyssey Movie@odysseymovie
Defy the Gods. Watch the New Trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and experience the film in theaters 7 17 26.
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