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“Odyssey” director slams right-wing backlash to casting of Elliot Page: “He did an incredible job”
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Haven't watched it yet, so, I can't say how well he actually did in it. I definitely thought he was an off choice for Achilles, though. He's just so tiny to play a renowned warrior. I haven't seen any images of him... but, unless he built up the same cut as that tiny Tom Holland, I get questioning the casting. Unfortunately, all the fucking transphobes are drowning out any justified criticism.
He isn't even playing Achilles. That was just an assumption by all the complainers.
That's so fucking funny.
Seriously!? Ha!! Guess that explains why I haven't seen any images of him.
I checked IMDb. He wasn't cast as Achilles. Snowflakes are just mad trans people exist, and this one can act.
As others have pointed out, Elliott isn't cast as Achilles. I was curious who he was cast as and it's Sinon, the Greek who tricked the Trojan's into bringing the horse inside the city of Troy. Fun fact, Sinon is in neither the Iliad nor the oddesey. He's described in the Aeneid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinon
I have, admittedly, not looked too deep into the finer details of this movie... so, I was only aware of the backlash towards him playing Achilles. Did not verify who was playing what.
All good, I didn't intend my statement as a criticism, just passing along a neat factoid I found after getting curious. Apologies if it came across that way :)
No worries! I didn't take it as a criticism. I'd rather learn factoids than get butthurt about something I'm ignorant on!
I'm looking at themoviedb and not only does Paige not play Achilles, Achilles isn't even in the movie. Although I suppose they could be keeping it a secret.
Achilles dies in the Iliad, which precedes the Odyssey, right?
Edit after skimming wikipedia: The ghost/spirit of Achilles is briefly in Book 11 of The Odyssey
Well, not directly in the Iliad, no. His death is not mentioned there. Other sources imply he died at the end of the Trojan war, the last couple of days being the topic of the Iliad.
The Odyssey begins roughly 10 years after the fall of Troy, so yes, Achilles would have been dead almost 10 years, give or take a few weeks or months, depending on who you ask.
For completeness, Odysseus himself had already left his home Ithaca 10 years prior to when the Odyssey starts, so roughly at the same time Troy falls.
Interesting that his death isn't actually in the Iliad. It sounded so unlikely that I double checked online but you're right!
I'm pretty sure Odysseus sails to Troy at the start of the war? He's one of the guys who brings Achilles. And then is one of Agamemnons backers and advisers.
So he leaves his home 20 years before the Odyssey starts - 10 years of war, 10 years post war
Yes, you are absolutely correct regarding the 20 years. I absolutely got myself confused at the end trying to align the timelines.
Sure, but the movie could open with the ending of the Illiad to explain why he was away from home in the first place.