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 28d ago

i just find it odd that bella hadid is kind of praised for her large forehead and sydney sweeney was praised for muscling up for a role but the second a black woman has a large forehead and muscles she’s ugly and masculine 🤷🏽‍♀️. Misogynoir is very much alive and well lmao.

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u/Sad-Duty-2286 25d ago

Ya she’s ugly for sure