Lupita Nyong'o breaks silence on Odyssey casting backlash

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Lupita Nyong’o shrugs off racist 'Odyssey' backlash over Helen of Troy casting
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o said she’s losing no sleep over racist criticism of her casting as Helen of Troy, the mythic beauty whose face “launched a thousand ships” and ignited the Trojan War

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Lupita Nyong'o responds to racist criticism of her being cast as Helen of Troy in “The Odyssey”
Lupita Nyong'o Pushes Back on 'The Odyssey' Casting Critics
Lupita Nyong'o rejects criticism of Helen of Troy role
Actress Lupita Nyong'o has told people who have criticised her casting as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey to remember that "this is a mythological story".

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Lupita Nyong’o Breaks Silence on Backlash Over The Odyssey Role
'A mythological story': Lupita Nyong'o responds to racist backlash over 'The Odyssey' role
Lupita Nyong'o breaks silence on The Odyssey casting backlash
The news sparked racist backlash online, with commentator Matt Walsh calling Nolan a "coward" for casting her instead of a white woman, and Elon Musk claiming she was given the role because Nolan "wan...

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Lupita Nyong’o claps back at haters slamming her ‘Odyssey’ casting: ‘You can’t perform beauty’
Lupita Nyong’o Responds to Racist Critiques of Her Casting in “The Odyssey”: 'This Is a Mythological Story'
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“You can’t perform beauty”: Lupita Nyong’o shuts down Helen of Troy controversy after Elon Musk calls Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ “desecrated”

Image Credit: Lupita Nyong’o and Elon Musk (Image: Yahoo and ABC News) Lupita Nyong’o finally spoke out about the racist backlash over her casting as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s new movie ‘The Odyssey‘.

Lupita Nyong'o to Play Two Iconic Characters in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, Director Confirms

Lupita Nyong'o will play Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, according to a new Time profile.

The Odyssey and Troy Debate Reveals Surface Level Understanding of Homer Online

Online grifters, trolls, and billionaires are bemoaning Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey without seeing it. Bu their newfound love for the most Hollywood of "Greek" epics suggests they never read Homer.

The Odyssey Star Lupita Nyong'o Responds To Racist Helen Of Troy Casting Backlash

She didn't have to, but Lupita Nyong'o finally commented on the racists freaking out about her casting in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.
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Elon Musk lists a bunch of white men playing real men of color to highlight a “double standard” forgetting Helen of Troy isn’t real

Elon Musk keeps tweeting dumb stuff about Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. We’re now in multiple weeks of this nonsense. A lot of right wing accounts blew a gasket because Lupita Nyong’o was cast as Helen of Troy in the new film.