Posted on 05/11/2026 7:01:53 PM PDT by Red Badger
Reports of transgender actor Elliot Page — formerly Ellen — playing Achilles in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film, The Odyssey, have sparked fierce backlash. “You could have paid me to tank this movie and I wouldn’t have thought of this,” actor Kevin Sorbo reacted.
While Page’s role in Nolan’s retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey — set to debut in theaters on July 17 — has yet to be officially confirmed, the Juno star is known to be in the movie, according to a report by the video gaming and entertainment website IGN.
“The trailer might’ve given away who the actor is playing: Achilles, the tragic hero from The Iliad who Odysseus encounters in the Underworld as a ghost,” the outlet reported.
IGN added that “while this isn’t confirmed yet to be the character Page is playing, it seems like a good bet.”
“If Elliot Page is playing Achilles, this will be the biggest bomb of Christopher Nolan’s career. It’ll be meme’d to death before it ever comes out,” documentary filmmaker Robby Starbuck wrote in a Saturday X post, reacting to the news.
“You can’t go from Brad Pitt as Achilles to a confused woman and expect an audience to take it seriously,” Starbuck added.
Actor Kevin Sorbo, meanwhile, quipped, “You could have paid me to tank this movie and I wouldn’t have thought of this.”
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That’s too bad. I was wondering how this film would be awokened. Isn’t Ellen Page maybe five foot two? I cannot see her as playing Achilles.
if they want to waste their money, let them
less money to give to Democrats in November :)
I can’t wait to miss this!
Well, it’s Achilles as a ghost (he died way back in the Iliad), so it’s not exactly an action role.
I ain’t spending my socdec money on a movie about real heroes being portrayed by nutless wonders and racial imposters!!!
Hard pass if this is the case.
And I had high hopes for this.
BTW, STARZ is debuting the series “Amadeus,” about a certain 18th century Austrian composer… being played by British/Japanese actor.
No longer entertaining but training and they don’t care how much money they throw away
That is a fan theory. Has it been established that it’s true yet?
If this is the Odyssey, then Achilles is already dead and a ghost — a shadow of his former self — and probably isn’t in the movie for long.
No one is going to believe this tranny has-bin is Achilles.
Sounds like she has finally run out of career options.
Noice Elliot Page and Lupita Nyong'o characters aren't listed. Lupita is said to be Helen of Troy.
This is one more movie I’ll be skipping.
I get the impression they are no longer in business to make money.
Perhaps they are so rich they can afford this as an expensive hobby.
Hey, Nolan, check this link...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27528139/?ref_=fn_t_11
I’m totally only streaming stuff now.
First of all theater screens are curved now and make me feel see-sick ( it’s a thing) and second, I get to decide what I want to tolerate.
Or not.
😊
I watched the trailer, and most the male actors look like male runway models. I find it hard to believe many men looked that gaunt and soft back in those days.
“That’s our Hitler!”
I swear they would seriously do “Springtime For Hitler”.
He/she/it was interesting in Juno.
After that, not so much.
The wages of woke is broke!
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