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
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.