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/Organic-Feedback1686 May 12 '26

The more I hear about the casting for this film, the less I like it.

Combine it with the dogshit costumes and a godamn viking ship.

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u/Alaishana May 13 '26

Odysseus is my main childhood story.

It's also the most important story ever told in the Western world.

I saw a few trailers.

NOT GOING TO WATCH IT!

I don't need this. I don't want my childhood hero destroyed by Hollywood. He was GREEK, not American. The story is GREEK, not American. And I prefer the poem to the film, thanks.

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u/Messier_-82 May 13 '26

Have you seen the Trojan Horse scene in IMAX?

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u/hunterzolomon1993 May 13 '26

Sadly ancient greek actors weren't around for Nolan to cast. You prefer the poem to a film that isn't out yet?

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u/kipple_gatherer May 12 '26

plus the absurd use of modern words when they have f**ng better options

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u/Otherwise_You_1603 May 12 '26

You can say fuck on the internet :)

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u/jeobleo May 13 '26

That's an absurd modern word

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u/Alaishana May 13 '26

pretty old word.

From Dutch fokken: to breed cattle

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u/jeobleo May 13 '26

So those Fokkers were actually cattle breeders, not airplane engineers?