Posted on 05/14/2026 7:31:07 AM PDT by Bon of Babble
Lupita Nyong'o, has been confirmed to play Helen of Troy — as well as her twin sister, Clytemnestra.
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I don’t really care. As far as I’m concerned, an actor can play any part. It’s only a problem when the performance is bad.
LOL.
Well done
Now that I would watch.
Hilarious - though to truly win the political correctness and “Diversity(TM)” jackpot, Scarlet O’Hara should be transsexual as well as black and handicapped in the remake. And perhaps Spanish or Spanglish speaking as well.
Eck.
Heh!
And trying to turn her into “of Troy” is what started the war. She was Helen of Sparta!
It’ll get $250 mil very quickly.
It’s Chris Nolan. He has a gigantic following, he’s a great director. This is a great story.
I’ll go see it. It’s the Odyssey . What do I care if Helen of Troy is black?
Yeah, I don't get what the big deal is. People here are starting to sound like those sensitive liberals who cry about "whitewashing."
“ Excellent review by Matt Walsh on the total mess this 250 million dollar joke of the Odyssey really is.”
I don’t suppose you’d care to post that
This horrific collection of racist rants of a thread could use it
Well at least they’ve got AOC playing the Trojan Horse.
This thread marks a turning point in how FR is facing a 180 from what it was in 1998
Hateful, ignorant now bigoted
They, like the Trump haters, and the Trump haters among them, will be sadly disappointed when Nolan makes $250 m in the first week.
Do you care if Achilles is played by a biological chick?
“Do you care if Achilles is played by a biological chick?”
Not on iota.
She is really small and short, yet plays a strong male warrior.
There was a trend in action movies for a while when they would change camera angles every two or three seconds. I think that they thought it was the best way to get as much action into the movies as possible. It was every single action movie for a couple of years. I can’t remember when they stopped doing that crap. I think that was around the same time as I stopped going to the movie theaters. Now I might go see a movie every couple of months if that.
This sister Clitemnestoris, is it Lupita’s sister or Helen’s sister?
The casting would be fine if it was a radio drama.
A movie is an immersive visual attempt to place you at that place and time even if it’s fiction.
Enjoy the movie.
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