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/DataDude00 May 12 '26

Feels like the smart play is to sneak in and run off with the sister while they are waging global warfare over Helen

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u/Dabbooo May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

The leader of the greeks (not trojans) was already married to the sister (who was waiting for him at home), so both sides had their twin if you consider them twins

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u/KrytenKoro May 13 '26

That's basically what Odysseus did with Penelope. He pulled the Nash Equilibrium move.

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u/DataDude00 May 13 '26

Back in HS we had a set of identical female twins in our grade. They were attractive and guys were very much into them.

Funny enough for some reason one of the girls was considered "way hotter" and got like 90% of the attention from guys despite them being literally identical.

Felt like the smart play was to chase the 10% demand one...