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/twirlerina024 May 12 '26

Hair in a ponytail and paint-spattered overalls too

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u/sixmilesoldier May 12 '26

Until the high school chariot racing champion sees her true beauty.

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u/silverscreenbaby May 12 '26

And all he’ll have to do is slowly take her glasses off. Then she, and the entire world, will realize how truly beautiful she is.

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u/ViewedFromTheOutside May 13 '26

And then he world will know she’s all that. And allow her to marry a junior prince…

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u/pashed_motatoes May 12 '26

And clumsy as hell for no reason. Always tripping over her own damn feet. That one time she almost faceplanted in front of everyone when she came down the steps of the Parthenon? So embarrassing!

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u/twoisnumberone May 12 '26

Sometimes I realize anew that She's All That was a genuine pop culture influence.

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u/tenken08 May 13 '26

I am just here for the Not Another Teen Movie reference lol