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Elon Musk complains about actress choice for Helen of Troy.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:36 am
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:36 am
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Elon Musk has hit out at filmmaker Christopher Nolan, claiming the Oscar-winning director has lost “integrity” because of his casting choices. Nolan is currently in post-production on The Odyssey, his adaptation of the ancient Greek epic by Homer.
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The film will feature an all-star cast that includes Matt Damon. Tom Holland, Jon Bernthal, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Anne Hathaway, Mia Goth and Benny Safdie. Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o, who is Black, also reportedly joined the cast. It was reported on social media she has been cast as Helen of Troy.
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In response to the news, a user on Musk’s platform X wrote: “Helen of Troy was fair skinned, blonde, and ‘the face that launched a thousand ships’ because she was so beautiful that men started a war over her. Casting choices that make the premise incoherent are admissions that the story was never the point and an insult to the author.”
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/elon-musk-odyssey-lupita-helen-troy-b2911572.html
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Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:38 am to loogaroo
Agreed. I wanna see white, perky boobies instead 
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:40 am to loogaroo
Movies are awful now because of this garbage. It's like black Vikings, black Helen of Troy, King Arthur's knights. Why not just make everybody black? Dumb AF.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:42 am to TS1926
Could you imagine a white Kutekente? I mean the story jsut wouldnt have the same impact
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:43 am to loogaroo
I haven't been to the theatre since late 2008.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:43 am to loogaroo
Artistic license is not a hill to die on.
Keep the powder dry for real issues.
Keep the powder dry for real issues.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:43 am to loogaroo
Well, my brother called me yesterday to tell me this.
At first, I didn't think to much about it. Odyssey looks like a great film, from one of my favorite filmmakers.
Then I saw the actress chosen... Why Chris?
The original text said she had fair or blonde hair with alabaster skin.
PS - Yesterday, on reddit, they were defending Nolan's choice... only a couple of people pointed out that Diane Kruger was much more in keeping of the vision.
Oh well, another movie not to see.
PS - because rules.
At first, I didn't think to much about it. Odyssey looks like a great film, from one of my favorite filmmakers.
Then I saw the actress chosen... Why Chris?
The original text said she had fair or blonde hair with alabaster skin.
PS - Yesterday, on reddit, they were defending Nolan's choice... only a couple of people pointed out that Diane Kruger was much more in keeping of the vision.
Oh well, another movie not to see.
PS - because rules.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:44 am to Ag Zwin
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Artistic license is not a hill to die on.
Keep the powder dry for real issues.
Politics is downstream of culture. How do you think we ended up here?
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:47 am to TS1926
For any of you interested in movie ideas - because I know all of you are just dying to fund new movies - here are some:
1. Recreate any pre-civil war movie with white people cast as slaves.
2. Remake the Wakanda/Black Panther stuff but with just white people.
3. Remake WW2 movies but with black people as Nazis.
Those are just a few, but they all make about as much sense as everything else these days.
1. Recreate any pre-civil war movie with white people cast as slaves.
2. Remake the Wakanda/Black Panther stuff but with just white people.
3. Remake WW2 movies but with black people as Nazis.
Those are just a few, but they all make about as much sense as everything else these days.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:48 am to loogaroo
This is why we must support "Wuthering Heights" when it hits theatres later this month,.
It's the ONE TIME in our lives that a "dark skinned" character from a historical novel has been replaced by a handsome white man, and the entire artsy left is positively SEETHING over it.
Bonus: you get to see Margot Robbie en flagrante
It's the ONE TIME in our lives that a "dark skinned" character from a historical novel has been replaced by a handsome white man, and the entire artsy left is positively SEETHING over it.
Bonus: you get to see Margot Robbie en flagrante
This post was edited on 2/2/26 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 2/2/26 at 11:59 am to loogaroo
On the one hand, Lupita Nyong’o is a fantastic actress.
On the other hand, "frick #Woke Hollywood."
Get back to me when DDL is cast to play MLK.
On the other hand, "frick #Woke Hollywood."
Get back to me when DDL is cast to play MLK.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:04 pm to loogaroo
I can't wait until he buys a disney.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:05 pm to loogaroo
That face did not launch 1000 ships...
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:06 pm to Ace Midnight
I'm still grateful that Idris Elba was never made James Bond. That would have pissed me off as much as everything else we've seen combined.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:07 pm to loogaroo
Have no issue with this.
That being said, would have no issue with a white actor playing a black historical figure.
I doubt that would fly though, so keep it accurate.
That being said, would have no issue with a white actor playing a black historical figure.
I doubt that would fly though, so keep it accurate.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:07 pm to Smeg
Absolutely DISGUSTING 
What a traitor and cuck Christopher Nolan is.
What a traitor and cuck Christopher Nolan is.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:09 pm to Ag Zwin
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Artistic license is not a hill to die on.
Deliberate erasure of Western European heritage & bloodlines sure as shite is.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:11 pm to VoxDawg
Yes, Helen of Troy should be a Greek woman with hairy arms and the vague outline of a mustache that grows and grows thicker through the course of the day.
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:12 pm to SirWinston
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you get to see Margot Robbie en flagrante
Posted on 2/2/26 at 12:13 pm to PaperTiger
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Could you imagine a white Kutekente?
We've already seen that movie too.
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