Lupita Nyong'o to Play Two Iconic Characters in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, Director Confirms

Lupita Nyong'o will play Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, according to a new Time profile.

The View’s Whoopi Goldberg Fires Back at Lupita Nyong’o’s Odyssey Backlash

The View co-hosts have slammed the conservative criticism about Lupita Nyong’o possibly playing Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Goldberg, who had a similar response to the backlash surrounding Halle Bailey’s casting as The Little Mermaid,

Newsmax Host Flips Out Over Hollywood’s Casting of a Transgender Man and Black Woman in ‘The Odyssey’

Rob Finnerty flipped out over rumors that director Christopher Nolan has cast a transgender man to play Achilles, and a Black woman to play Helen of Troy.

Lupita Nyong’o Reveals the Trojan Horse in America’s Culture War

But it captures the silliness of some of the discourse around Christopher Nolan’s casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy in his adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey, a stunning classic of Ancient Greek mythology.
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From Zendaya to Travis Scott, The Odyssey 2026: Full cast & release date

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey just dropped its latest trailer featuring Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, and Lupita Nyong’o. The film features characters Achilles, Helen of Troy, and Eurylochus. But when does the film come out?

Helen of Troy Has Always Been a Product of Her Time — No Matter What Racists Think

Conservatives are bashing Christopher Nolan for casting Lupita Nyong'o in The Odyssey. It's not about fealty to Homer