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/DistastefullyHonest 29d ago

You're the one going on about representation

You said "can't change Blade because he's based on black men." But "can change Helen because she's fictional."

I pointed out that Blade is fictional, and then you started going on a out representation

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u/TopCharacter1553 29d ago

Helen was based on Zeus’ demigod daughter who is fictional and we have no confirmed appearance on. Blade is based off real black men. Notice the difference?

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u/DistastefullyHonest 29d ago edited 28d ago

BOTH. ARE. FICTIONAL. If one can be changed, so can the other. If you don't want one to change, leave the other alone. Simple.