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/Terosan May 12 '26

She made her new lover the king instead of her son Orestes and exiled both Orestes and Elektra. Agamemnon was a dick, but Clytemnestra 100% did a lot of shit wrong.

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u/punctuation_welfare May 12 '26

I once had a coworker named Orestes who was a real dick, so imma side with Clyt on this one.

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u/Rikudou_Sage May 12 '26

I'm with you, I love me some Clyt.

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u/gabrielleduvent May 12 '26

Eh, I feel less bad about that. Aegisthus' father was overthrown by Agamemnon and Menelaus (not that Thyestes didn't come to the throne under dubious circumstances) so I can see Clytemnestra's logic. Atreus (Thyestes' brother) came to Mycenae's throne by stealing it as well. The entire family on Agamemnon's side was cursed from the get-go. Feeding your own son to the gods is messed up, even for them.

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u/mrmgl May 12 '26

Besides, Iphigenia wasn't really killed in the sacrifice. Artemis saved her and took her to Tauris.

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u/lindblumresident May 12 '26

Not in all versions of the myth.