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.

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".

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...