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#Supergirl underwhelmed on opening wknd debuting to just $38M settling for 2nd place.

That puts it in same neighborhood as comic book misfires Morbius ($39M) and Joker 2 ($37.7M).

No good news overseas with launch of only $30M for dismal worldwide opening wknd of just $68M. Will finish below $200M global.

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For you guys, arguing that it would be fine if it was Achilles. The other side was about 2% believing it would happen and the rest arguing it would be stupid

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Elliot Page's The Odyssey role has seemingly been revealed. Now that we know who he's playing, it makes the controversy surrounding his inclusion in the film even more ridiculous.

Page has been involved Nolan's latest movie for some time now, but his role in the movie was shrouded in mystery. According to a listing for the movie on Into Film, Page will be playing the role of Sinon, a Greek warrior who is Odysseus's cousin. What he does in the film is still unknown, however.

With Page's role in the film seemingly confirmed, many have looked back on the controversy surrounding his casting. While it seemed silly even at the time, it now looks even more so given what his role ended up being.

Over the past few months, since Page's casting was announced, social media had been filled with accounts criticizing The Odyssey. Following the release of its official trailer in May, rumors began circulating about two specific actors: Elliot Page and Lupita Nyong'o.

For Page, rumors began circulating that he would be playing the ghost of Achilles, the mythological hero of the Trojan War who is recognized as one of the greatest Greek warriors ever. As for Nyong'o, criticism about her part in the movie began after it was revealed she would be playing Helen of Troy.

Trolls across social media have largely been attacking the movie for its casting choices. While some are genuinely unhappy with historical inaccuracies, the large majority of complaints have essentially been deriding the movie as "woke," with a large portion of criticism simply being based on the fact that Page is a trans man potentially playing the role of a major figure in Greek mythology.

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In March, while promoting “Supergirl,” Alcock experienced this unpleasant phenomenon from once again, after pointing out to Vanity Fair that she’d learned from her experience on “House of the Dragon” that “simply existing as a woman in that space is something that people comment on. We have become very comfortable having this weird ownership of women’s bodies.” You would have thought a bomb had gone off, so quickly did the rage machine set its sights on Alcock.

“I didn’t even say ‘men’ — I said ‘people!’” Alcock says. “And they got so angry. I was like, ‘You’re proving my point. You’re proving my point!’”

Alcock even understands, sort of, where these base urges originate, with the world as unstable and terrifying as it is now: Governments don’t have anyone’s best interests at heart, and people turn “to online forums to find that guidance,” she says. “It just creates an unhealthy relationship with a person” who will eventually, and inevitably, disappoint their fans.

“I guess women know that this is just how it’s always been, unfortunately,” Alcock adds. “And it’s from a lot of people whose profiles have no photo, who are burner accounts. Or someone’s name and then ‘Dad of four, Christian,’ which is hilarious to me. But I mean, whose opinion do you really care about? If you’re pissing the right kind of people off, you’re doing OK.”

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But Alcock is a child of the internet, and it’s just really hard to put down the phone. “Because sometimes people reinforce beliefs that you have about yourself, and you’re like, ‘Now someone’s said it! It’s true!’ And you’ve got to remind yourself that it’s not,” she says. When she does get sucked in, she has a remedy. “Sitting at a café and watching people and reading alone — just being a participant in real life — has been helpful.”

She sighs. “It’s something I’m trying to get better at,” she says. “I’m Gen Z! Yeah, I grew up online, so I’m actively trying not to engage — although how could you not?”

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$40 million is on the low low end of projections

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