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But Achilles has little to do in the story of the Odyssey, he's a ghost, not a main character, same as Helen
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Question of the Day: Main reasons you wouldn't get an EV?
Chris Nolan's - The Odyssey.
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Yeah, read it ( not the feminist garbage version ) >> gonna have to see how they present it. Just as long as it doesn’t have to be moi watching it ))
Would be truly surprised if either of them have more than 10 minutes screen time.
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Lupita will have plenty of screen time. They're not gonna cast an A-list actress in two roles for nothing.
Maybe there will be plenty of flashbacks or something. Or many scenes in the underworld.
Possibly, but it's a Chris Nolan movie, loads of A Listers want to work with him and they frequently take smaller roles just for that chance. Not to mention that he has a history of casting big names in small parts. e.g.
Matt Damon - Interstellar
Gary Oldman - Oppenheimer
Kenneth Branagh - Oppenheimer
Cillian Murphy - Dunkirk.
Cillian Murphy - The Dark Knight Rises.
Maybe.
Obviously they wanted to show that Elliot got much nicer ankles than Brad.
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Because Achilles is in Homer's Odyssey too.
Yes, Achilles is in The Odyssey, but as he died before the events of the epic, Odysseus encounters his ghost (or "shade") when he travels to the Underworld.
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Their interaction is one of the most famous and emotional scenes in Homer's poem:
- The Meeting: Odysseus praises Achilles for his legendary heroism and glory, and assumes he must still be a mighty king among the dead.
- The Regret: Achilles replies with profound sorrow, famously telling Odysseus that he would rather be a poor, living serf on earth than to rule over all the dead in the Underworld.
Even better, a trans suffering in hell. Who wouldn't pay to see that on the big screen?
Had an interesting thought, Nolan has cast many big name actors in small roles in his movies. He should approach Brad Pitt to reprise his role as Achilles for the that one scene, that would be bloody hilarious.
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Herr der Verboten
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you got that
OrbitalDawn
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Always fun to see what 'inaccuracies' people pretend to care about. As if 'inaccuracies' with myths that themselves are concoctions of decades/centuries of oral re-tellings , and have been chopped up and re-told a million different ways since, is a coherent idea, anyway.
Fulcrum29
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All I am waiting to hear is the gongs going skrrt skrrt.
WaxLyrical
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Nolan is welcome to take creative liberties but at least operate within the framework you're presenting.
No one knocked Baz Lurmans Romeo and Juliet because we respected his alternative take.
Problem with Nolan is that he's clearly seduced by woke culture and he can't decide what version of the story he wants to tell.
Let him re-make African Queen with a white lead and you'll see what happens. There'll be riots.
Set the Odyssey in modern times and have the characters refer to each as "daddy" - no problem.
No one knocked Baz Lurmans Romeo and Juliet because we respected his alternative take.
Problem with Nolan is that he's clearly seduced by woke culture and he can't decide what version of the story he wants to tell.
Let him re-make African Queen with a white lead and you'll see what happens. There'll be riots.
Set the Odyssey in modern times and have the characters refer to each as "daddy" - no problem.