@heregonow: Christopher Nolan’s new take on the old classic The Odyssey has some people saying a black Helen of Troy is unrealistic… but somehow blonde Anglo-Americans playing Greeks is “accurate”? Greeks are not mythical people. They're a real people still alive today and it’s time this cultural appropriation stopped.

☁️ :

greeks are white! the actors u said are still white and european!! casting a black woman for helen is just race swapping and cultural appropriation

ioanna🇬🇷 :

Thank you and respect from Greece 💙

János apu :

Why not make a movie about Dr. King's story and hire The Rock for this work? Or Jackie Chan? Why just a white culture ? Or why dont make a movie from the jungle book and hire for the work a black dude? Interesting...

Eva🪾 :

FINALLY smn said it , im greek and i keep seeing "oh helen of Troy should be a white woman ..." like no! she should be a greek/ Mediterranean woman like the rest of the cast should be too . im tired of racist's thinking that we don't like the movie bcs of the actor of helen 🫩

Red Zuzu 🍀💫 :

Helen of Troy was depicted as white with blonde hair and blue eyes btw 😅

Elena :

That’s the Greek woman we would have play Helen, Κλέλια Ανδρολιατου. I m redhead Greek woman myself, the idea some people have that Greek people don’t have a variety of features and only Germanic people do is crazy 🙄🙄🙄

Glil77 :

🔱Shad Frazier🔱 :

The Last Samurai was Tom Cruise

lamp_gen :

As a greek thanks for talking about it

giannis_vasilakis :

But even Homer said that she was blonde with blue eyes what are you talking about blondes in Greece do exist especially in this time period

Georgios :

Based take 👌🏻👍🏻✌🏻

palikari :

Come on are we fr rn. Yes neither is technically accurate but let’s not pretend that blonde Germanic woman isn’t miles closer to what an Ancient Greek woman might have looked like

AmsterdamMom :

Thisssssss 👏👏👏

Anqi Geng ᖭི༏ᖫྀ :

The whole “matt damon is white greek!” argument is so fucking funny bc how about we ask some korean actors to go play japanese warlords…yeah it’s still problematic even though they can still probably pass 😭

Paul Iulian :

maybe soon Nolan made a new movie about Hercules and Hercules is played by Jackie Chan 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Λαδάκι🫒 :

As a Greek, thank you for speaking up for this!❤️

Valia :

Fr,thanks for speaking up about this

Isaac73 :

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 bro gets it

jada :

greeks had blonde hair too.

Xchills God :

Movies is about imagination not reality, movies are not documentary of the facts

Mixalis_tz :

Greek here,thank you❤️

natty g :

Personally I love this twist! Can’t wait to watch 🥰❤️this

hedgehog🍉 :

ty for saying this!!! i love the sharing of greek culture but i feel like we've been written out of it completely too

Lydias castle :

Well im excited for this movie i think lupita was a great choice and the oddessy is one of my favorite stories i plan to see it opening night