{"id":442522,"date":"2026-05-15T04:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/442522\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T04:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:43:09","slug":"elon-musk-slams-christopher-nolan-for-casting-lupita-nyongo-as-race-swapped-helen-in-the-odyssey-insult-to-homer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/442522\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk slams Christopher Nolan for casting Lupita Nyong’o as ‘race-swapped’ Helen in The Odyssey: ‘Insult to Homer’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan<\/a>‘s adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic, has been facing considerable backlash on social media for its casting choices. At its centre are the casting of Elliot Page and Lupita Nyong’o<\/a>. The latter plays Helen of Troy in the film. Many social media users have criticised casting a black woman to play a character from ancient Greece, while others have defended the choice saying Odyssey is a work of fiction, open for interpretation.<\/p>\n

\"ElonElon Musk has criticised Lupita Nyong’o’s casting as Helen of Troy in The Odyssey.<\/p>\n

Now, Tesla CEO and world’s richest man Elon Musk<\/a> has also waded into the controversy, criticising Nolan and saying he has \u2018race-swapped\u2019 characters as \u2018he wants awards\u2019. Musk owns the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), where much of the discourse around The Odyssey is taking place.<\/p>\n

The controversy began after Nolan confirmed that Lupita would portray Helen of Troy and her sister Clytemnestra in the epic adaptation of Homer’s classic poem.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk criticises Nolan’s The Odyssey<\/p>\n

Reacting to the casting on social media platform X, conservative commentator Matt Walsh wrote, \u201cNot one person on the planet actually thinks that Lupita Nyong’o is ‘the most beautiful woman in the world.’ But Christopher Nolan knows that he would be called racist if he gave ‘the most beautiful woman’ role to a white woman. Nolan is technically talented but a coward. Too afraid to do anything that even slightly challenges the spirit of the age.\u201d Elon Musk reposted the post with a brief endorsement: \u201cTrue.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another post, Musk replied to a user questioning why filmmakers \u201crace swap white characters,\u201d saying, \u201cHe wants the awards.\u201d The remark seemed to suggest that Nolan’s casting choice was linked to diversity and inclusion standards needed for awards eligibility. Earlier, when the casting was first announced, Musk had called it “an insult” to Homer’s description of Helen of Troy. Over the week, Musk reposted and responded to several other tweets criticising the film and Lupita’s casting.<\/p>\n

Whoopi Goldberg defends Lupita<\/p>\n

Recently, actor and television host Whoopi Goldberg defended on an episode of the talk show, The View. \u201cI don’t know if you realize this, Lupita is also considered one of the world’s most beautiful women. So, I’m not sure what you’re trying to say. I would suggest looking in a mirror if you have any concerns about people’s looks,\u201d the veteran actor said.<\/p>\n

All about The Odyssey<\/p>\n

The Odyssey stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, with Anne Hathaway playing his wife Penelope. The film is based on Homer’s epic poem chronicling Odysseus’ dangerous journey home after the Trojan War. The Odyssey also stars om Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron and Elliot Page. It is scheduled to release on July 17, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan‘s adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic, has been facing considerable backlash on social media…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,25444,350,146,140485,85,46,137033,64098],"class_list":["post-442522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-christopher-nolan","tag-elon-musk","tag-entertainment","tag-helen-of-troy","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lupita-nyongo","tag-the-odyssey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}