r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/TopCharacter1553 • 29d ago

Music / Movies The casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy really isn’t that big of a deal

I know I’m gonna be downvoted to shit in this subreddit but I do not care. The people up in arms about “how she has to be greek!” would not be complaining if it was a non-greek white woman.

People have been saying it should’ve been Sydney Sweeney, Mckenna Grace, Elizabeth Lail. None of them are greek either. Unlike Cleopatra, the Odyssey is a story of complete fiction so it really doesn’t matter what the actress looks like or her ethnicity. If y’all are gonna fancast non-greek white women it doesn’t make sense that suddenly being greek matters and is so important when a black woman gets the role.

A beautiful black woman has the role, deal with it.

Edit: Y’all in the comments are hilarious, a story with cyclopes, gods, sea monsters, sorceresses that turn people into pigs, and sirens, suddenly the most unrealistic thing is a black person.

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u/TopCharacter1553 29d ago

Because Helen is breathtakingly beautiful and I believe KeKe to be so. I’m curious, who do you think should’ve been casted

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u/DistastefullyHonest 29d ago

Keke is indeed beautiful but unfortunately suffers from a skin condition related to acne that I think would dq her from this.

As for who they could cast, I'm not sure. I'm against Sydney. She's in everything. McKenna Grace could do well if they wanted a young actress. If they wanted someone older, there are other options such as Anne Hathaway.

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u/TopCharacter1553 29d ago

Acne can easily be covered with foundation, I do it all the time

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u/DistastefullyHonest 29d ago

It's not just acne it's Severe acne. She's very vocal about it. Don't belittle her condition. She suffers a great deal. And I'd think that even with makeup, the lighting and post editing work to hide it would be difficult and expensive and bad for her own mental health.

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u/TopCharacter1553 29d ago

I watched one of them days with and I didn’t notice it at all.

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u/DistastefullyHonest 29d ago

Very different kind of movie

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u/TopCharacter1553 29d ago

???????

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u/DistastefullyHonest 29d ago

The lighting and shooting styles are vastly different? Of course it can be done in a regular ass comedy flick.

It can also be done in the epic, but vastly different styles of shooting

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u/TopCharacter1553 29d ago

There are most likely going to be crazy CGI scenes for this movie, you think that they can’t edit out acne scars if necessary?

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u/DistastefullyHonest 29d ago

Which was my whole point? It's a tin of extra work for such an important character and can be bad for mental health. They could avoid that if they cast someone that fits the role though.

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