That’s what I didn’t understand. Nyong’o is not unattractive, but there are so many truly beautiful Black women they could have chosen who would have made more sense in the role.
That is, if they were going to mess around like this in the first place...
If they had cast the young Beyonce as Helen of Troy, I might be able to buy it. But Lupita Nyongo?
The reason these race swaps only go one way is that the overwhelming abundance of classic characters for actors to play are almost entirely white European. To give black actors a crack at starring roles you pretty much have to do the race swap thing. The female white European also sets the world standard for what a beautiful woman is. That’s why the first thing a black man does when he becomes rich is get a white girlfriend or trophy wife.
Hey, I don’t make the rules but facts are facts.
I just looked her up and I would have to say “AVERAGE”, not a great beauty but certainly not ugly.
Not a woman I would turn around on on the street to get a better look at!