The official The Odyssey account on X has restricted feedback on its posts amid a wave of backlash over Christopher Nolan’s casting selections for the movie. The choice to solid transgender actor Elliot Web page and Black performers Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya, and Travis Scott within the Greek epic adaptation prompted controversy amongst some followers.
Nolan’s upcoming action-fantasy epic is predicated on Homer’s historic Greek epic poem, which dates again to across the eighth or seventh century BC.
The movie encompasses a star-studded ensemble solid, together with Matt Damon as Odysseus, Anne Hathaway as Penelope, Tom Holland as Telemachus, Lupita Nyong’o within the roles of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra, Robert Pattinson as Antinous, Charlize Theron as Calypso, and Zendaya as Athena, experiences HuffPost.
Nevertheless, the casting alternative sparked debate after Nyong’o was introduced as Helen of Troy. Conservative commentator Matt Walsh was among the many notable figures to talk out in opposition to the choice. He posted on X, “Not one particular person on the planet really thinks that Lupita Nyong’o is ‘probably the most lovely girl on this planet.”
Hypothesis that Web page would play Achilles additionally sparked backlash, with some critics questioning the casting in opposition to conventional portrayals of the Greek warrior. In accordance with , a lot of the backlash centered on Web page’s id as a transgender man, with some critics labeling the casting as “woke” or pushed by political motives. Web page got here out as homosexual in 2014 and publicly got here out as transgender in 2020.
Past the casting controversy, the trailer’s launch in Might sparked additional debate over using American accents and fashionable language within the movie. One Reddit consumer wrote, as per HuffPost, “The best way characters speak feels very fashionable and really off-putting in motion pictures like this; you anticipate [to see] dialogue extra elegant and poetic.”
Following months of controversy and criticism, The Odyssey premiered in London on July 6, experiences DailyMail. With a reported funds of $250 million, the movie is predicted to be one of many yr’s largest blockbusters. It’s set to hit theaters worldwide on July 17.
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Initially reported by Meenakshi Sengupta for Obligatory