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re: Did Christopher Nolan really cast Zendaya as Athena?
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:24 am to iwyLSUiwy
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:24 am to iwyLSUiwy
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You think casting an actress for a major motion picture is as easy as typing in "Make a picture of Athena from The Odyssey" on Bing AI Images? .
Casting is easy. 15 years ago the cast of many movies was comprised of who has sucked off Harvey Weinstein
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Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:35 am to stout
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I wonder what role Elliot Page is playing
Charybdis. She used to to a nymph, but is now just a big mouth that swallows up the sea.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:35 am to stout
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I was rethinking if I was off when a few people in this thread said she's great. Glad I am not the only one who sees she sucks.
She's the worst part of the Spiderman movies
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:36 am to Cockopotamus
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Guess it could work if that’s how Athena was in the source material. Been so long I don’t remember.
She served as a mentor, patron, and protector (especially from the other Gods) for Odysseus. So a fairly decent role.
I'm more concerned about her chemistry working with Matt Damon as Odysseus and how that will be reflected then her individual performance itself. Interestingly enough, I think Charlize Theron a few years ago might've been a great fit for this.
I'm more than happy to trust Nolan on this one though. He has a tendency to cast movies well. And given the rest of the cast, it seems silly to criticize Zendaya in this role from her physical appearance if you're not criticizing the appearance of the cast as a whole. If it's a legitimate critique of her acting skills, I can understand that to a degree. I don't think she's as bad of an actress as some portray though.
This post was edited on 11/20/25 at 10:38 am
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:37 am to stout
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Skintone aside, Greeks didn't have flat noses and round faces.
Did they look like Matt Damon?
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:41 am to iwyLSUiwy
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You think casting an actress for a major motion picture is as easy as typing in "Make a picture of Athena from The Odyssey" on Bing AI Images? .
And people will wonder why AI created films will be popular
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:44 am to stout
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Greeks didn't have flat noses and round faces.
??
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:50 am to Burt Macklin
At least post photos that aren't photoshopped
This post was edited on 11/20/25 at 10:52 am
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:53 am to stout
I like Zendaya.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:19 am to Hester Carries
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I like Zendaya.
i'm ambivalent. i don't usually care for the characters she plays, but she is pretty. she just dresses dumpy for a lot of her stuff.
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Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:24 am to Wayne Campbell
quote:There actually is a Hermaphrodite. He's the son of Hermes and Aphrodite. Had both gennies. It's where the word comes from.
Hermaphroditus
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:25 am to 3nOut
She is hot enough for tom holland but not for the studs of tigerdroppings
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:40 am to stout
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At least post photos that aren't photoshopped
Using a photo where she's purposefully "uglied up" because she's a junkie in high school is certainly something when criticizing someone using a "photoshopped" photo (his top one isn't, it's her in makeup on the red carpet).
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:45 am to BluegrassBelle
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Using a photo where she's purposefully "uglied up"
There is a difference in photoshop and not wearing makeup. The pic he posted is how she would look getting out of bed. The red carpet is having a $1000/hr stylist and make up artist getting you ready. Pretty close to photoshopping as you get.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:54 am to LSUPERMAN
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The pic he posted is how she would look getting out of bed
The top picture he posted is literally from a tv show.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:55 am to stout
She definitely lessens the quality of everything she’s in
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:56 am to Gifman
I hated her in Dune but that was mainly because they changed the character.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:57 am to sgallo3
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She is hot enough for tom holland
Because Tom Holland is who we picture when we imagine a masculine human being?
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:01 pm to sgallo3
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top picture he posted is literally from a tv show.
And looks the same as the other picture I posted.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 12:11 pm to stout
Looks, whatever. She has no gravitas. I don't buy her as a powerful being. You need an actress who can walk the line between mother and lover for Odysseus. Think Blanchett from Lord of the Rings.
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