{"id":440131,"date":"2026-05-22T14:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/440131\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:25:08","slug":"lupita-nyongo-rejects-criticism-of-helen-of-troy-role-in-the-odyssey-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/440131\/","title":{"rendered":"Lupita Nyong&#039;o rejects criticism of Helen of Troy role in The Odyssey &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBYdGs4V3V3WHlnSnQxT0I4dHZlTGs2QW05TWZoMDhIQUkyYlpoc0hiQ0s0SnR5Z1ZCRkFfSnhlVGtFSEFhNUNDV19ld2FpUmFJalROTlp5bF9YUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lupita Nyong&#8217;o rejects criticism of Helen of Troy role in The Odyssey<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxQUHZWbk0zdndzX3BRT25UaE04R0o2Ti1yX3ZvSk5Uc2lyTzh1RzV4MHpuUzZib1JNVUh6d0lTRC1yME5LWG55RUpVTmdqR2dkUkFvcGFvNDgxVHM1WFhYeEthQU8zZ2toVjRsNzNUNHJLWTNqcGE3WERwWG1OeG5GSXdCRDhCTm15WnpDLVFPUGtWVjdndU0wUk1hZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lupita Nyong\u2019o responds to rightwing criticism of The Odyssey: \u2018Our cast is representative of the world\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxPQ3gta0RsRGtHc0hGY2J5Yk5jeTFEUWl2bzFZaTVZWGRtSlQtWENaeHpTQTd3cXVodDdTNW54UDNmYlVOWWZBOHNtVG9CcFFERW9EdXBaaEd5dE04RlZmcWVQNkg5UU9wRTdQWEVJbl9PVHNMTzM1N1BTc3Z1WktCOHA5bmY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Opinion | A Black Helen of Troy? Fine. A White Obama? Not Yet.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPVktoT0xCMDg1c3pMWEttcDF1bVdDUTlQMnBxdi1OZ3pOWlJjNG1MTERoaDNfdXRXNHlQMEpINGVBejhtTjYwOTBDWEpWWTFkZFphQjUyZmI0ajNDUlItVEx2WGU3VEZjUjk1T1hsTlg2Ti1QRUlMaWtobnUybzNPR2JZT3VhX2lKRlZpQWhPSm5UTW1VaUh0TFVR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lupita Nyong\u2019o Fires Back With Epic Response After Elon Musk Criticizes Her Role As Helen Of Troy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;HuffPost<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxPTi1OOWVMUTZiNFA2MmV6NVJ5VW9zTVlJdjZoT3JvbWVJOEt0VEM1WW1yR3pUWXZ2QlhfU3h3VzJGUTQwaTlaclRFMER6YXFXZzR5V1BmenU2eUZCcmJCS1p6VUI3MzdEWUpQbHM0NG5VOE1Qb09KVVFxYUFFM0N1Tm9BQjdNdmJtZGZ3SHFNS01yVTA3cVl5cE1kSk1uM0h5QkhISzlya0tEbkZBV3ZqSw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lupita Nyong\u2019o Pushes Back on Critics of Her \u2018Odyssey\u2019 Casting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Hollywood Reporter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lupita Nyong&#8217;o rejects criticism of Helen of Troy role in The Odyssey&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCLupita Nyong\u2019o responds to rightwing criticism of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-440131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}