Christopher Nolan’s upcoming epic, The Odyssey, is already stirring debate months before its July 17 release. The film, a modern Imax adaptation of Homer’s classic tale, has sparked controversy over speculation about Lupita Nyong’o’s role.
Some fans and commentators have claimed Nyong’o will play Helen of Troy, the legendary figure whose beauty is said to have launched a thousand ships.
This speculation drew the attention of Elon Musk, who weighed in on X, the platform he owns. Responding to a user who argued Helen in the original text is fair-skinned, blonde, and the face that launched a thousand ships because she was so beautiful that men started a war over her,…