Musk backs online criticism of Nolan’s The Odyssey casting controversy

Elon Musk posted a missive astatine Christopher Nolan connected X, implicit Nolan’s upcoming $250m adaptation of The Odyssey. Musk wrote that Nolan has “grossly insulted the Greek people. Shame connected him.” All aft reposting and endorsing a bid of attacks connected the accumulation and its casting choices connected X aboriginal Wednesday.

Musk replied “True” to a station accusing manager Christopher Nolan of being “racist against the Greek radical and their taste heritage,” while besides reposting different connection claiming Nolan was “stomping connected Homer’s grave” with his mentation of the past Greek epic.

The backlash centred mostly connected the casting of Lupita Nyong’o successful the film, with blimpish commentator Matt Walsh arguing Nolan chose Nyong’o for the relation of Helen of Troy due to the fact that helium feared disapproval if “the astir beauteous woman” successful the story was portrayed by a white actress. Musk again responded “True” to Walsh’s remarks.

Elon Musk uses his telephone during a state meal for President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping astatine the Great Hall of the People connected Thursday, May 14, 2026, successful Beijing. Musk wrote that Nolan has “grossly insulted the Greek people. Shame connected him.” Photo: AAP/Mark Schiefelbein

Musk amplified respective posts targeting the sex individuality of histrion Elliot Page, who is reportedly acceptable to look arsenic the shade of Achilles, a fig encountered by Odysseus successful the underworld. Musk adjacent described 1 mocking station astir Page arsenic a “banger.”

The tech billionaire had antecedently criticised Nolan’s task successful January, claiming the manager had “lost his integrity” successful effect to earlier online complaints astir the film’s casting, peculiarly the determination not to formed a Greek histrion successful a pb relation connected to Homer’s epic.