{"id":582723,"date":"2026-05-14T01:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582723\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T01:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:22:09","slug":"elon-musk-claims-the-odysseys-christopher-nolan-cast-lupita-nyongo-as-helen-of-troy-because-he-wants-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582723\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Claims ‘The Odyssey’s Christopher Nolan Cast Lupita Nyong’o As Helen Of Troy Because “He Wants Awards”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tElon Musk<\/a> is back to bashing The Odyssey<\/a> and Christopher Nolan<\/a>\u2018s decision to cast Lupita Nyong\u2019o in the epic film.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn several new messages on the microblogging platform, the controversial figure took aim at Nolan\u2019s upcoming film, something he has griped about before.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this year, Nolan confirmed to Time magazine that Nyong\u2019o is not only playing the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Troy, but she is also Helen\u2019s sister, Clytemnestra.<\/p>\n

\n\tConservative commentator Matt Walsh took to the Musk-owned platform to attack Nyong\u2019o\u2019s casting, saying, \u201cNot one person on the planet actually thinks that Lupita Nyong\u2019o is \u2018the most beautiful woman in the world.\u2019 But Christopher Nolan knows that he would be called racist if he gave\u2019 the most beautiful woman\u2019 role to a white woman. Nolan is technically talented but a coward.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMusk agreed with that, replying to the post, \u201cTrue.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a second post, Musk replied to a social media user who questioned why some filmmakers \u201crace swap white characters.\u201d Musk replied, saying, \u201cHe wants the awards.\u201d The post suggested that Nolan cast Nyong\u2019o in the role to meet the Academy\u2019s inclusion requirements for eligibility for a Best Picture nomination<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis was not the first time that Musk has taken aim at Nolan\u2019s The Odyssey. Earlier this year, when Nyong\u2019o\u2019s casting of Helen was only a rumor, Musk said it was an \u201cinsult\u201d to Homer, who described the Helen of Troy character as \u201cfair skinned, blonde, and \u2018the face that launched a thousand ships\u2019 because she was s beautiful that men started a war over her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhoopi Goldberg and her View co-hosts discussed the issue <\/a>during their Hot Topics segment, with the EGOT winner saying, \u201cI don\u2019t know if you realize this, Lupita is also considered one of the world\u2019s most beautiful women. So, I\u2019m not sure what you\u2019re trying to say.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe also said, \u201cI would suggest looking in a mirror if you have any concerns about people\u2019s looks, if this is where we\u2019re going.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDon\u2019t bother to clown me, baby. I know what I look like,\u201d she added. \u201cThere\u2019s so many things I want to say to you that are rude and awful, but I won\u2019t do it. But know that I\u2019m thinking it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Odyssey is slated to premiere on July 17, 2026, and is an adaptation of Homer\u2019s epic poem about Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his perilous journey home after the Trojan War. The film\u2019s cast includes Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, and Elliot Page, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elon Musk is back to bashing The Odyssey and Christopher Nolan\u2018s decision to cast Lupita Nyong\u2019o in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,2826,995,96,123882,22546,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-582723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-christopher-nolan","tag-elon-musk","tag-entertainment","tag-lupita-nyongo","tag-the-odyssey","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}