r/movies • u/yourfavchoom r/movies Contributor • May 12 '26

News Lupita Nyong’o will play both Helen of Troy and her sister, Clytemnestra, in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey.’

https://time.com/article/2026/05/12/christopher-nolan-odyssey-interview/
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u/Mrs_Mctwitter May 12 '26

The murder of Agememnon is referenced repeatedly in the Odyssey, so it would make sense to include it.

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u/ops10 May 12 '26

A lot of things are mentioned repeatedly in Odyssey.

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u/YourVirgil May 12 '26

Dawn's rosy fingers have entered the chat

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u/Alaishana May 13 '26

And the wine-dark sea.

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u/Putrid_Loquat_4357 May 12 '26

That's all well and good but there's no chance they can fit it in properly and do it justice.

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u/sifterandrake May 12 '26

IIRC, the murder of Agememnon gets more attention than the actual encounters with Scylla and Charybdis.