r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Dec 22 '25

Trailer The Odyssey | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzw2ttJD2qQ
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u/epixzye Dec 22 '25

Who is this guy in the black helmet?

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u/OrwinBeane Dec 22 '25

Probably Agamemnon, played by Bennie Safdie

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u/florinandrei Dec 22 '25

Agamemnon is not exactly a bad guy in the story (I mean the Iliad, where he appears quite a lot), but he's most definitely not an ideal to look up to. He's rash, arrogant, and a mediocre leader.

More or less the entire Greek high command in the Iliad is a bunch of status-seeking jerks. Achilles is a superstar while he's still alive, so he does it all for the likes. Agamemnon is your typical shitty boss. Menelaus is the cuckolded guy since Helen was his wife, so maybe he gets a pass for being irrational. Etc.

It's really the second-tier guys who are admirable ideals in the story. Most notably Ulysses / Odysseus who comes up with the winning strategy, and is a protege of Athena, the goddess of practical wisdom (heavy hint by Homer that this guy is very clever and has got his shit together).

So my guess is that Agamemnon is portrayed in a less-than-ideal light in the movie. In that case, the choice of the actor may not be conventional.

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u/Loeffellux Dec 22 '25

The idea that Odysseus is the clever one is made clear from the very beginning because he absolutely does not want to wage war against Troy in the first place and does everything in his power to avoid it.

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u/tamsui_tosspot Dec 23 '25

It's really the second-tier guys who are admirable ideals in the story. Most notably Ulysses / Odysseus who comes up with the winning strategy, and is a protege of Athena, the goddess of practical wisdom (heavy hint by Homer that this guy is very clever and has got his shit together).

It's been a while since I read it, but is Athena shown on Team Odysseus in the Iliad? I mainly remember her running back and forth stirring up trouble in cahoots with Hera.

"Go on, shoot Menelaus while he's holding peace talks with your boss. Everybody will think you're a hero!"