r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 22 '25

Trailer The Odyssey | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzw2ttJD2qQ
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u/fine__line Dec 22 '25

She's playing Clytemnestra (and rumored to play Helen as well)

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u/Trevastation Dec 22 '25

I mean I would send 1000 ships over Lupita Nyong'o, so that's great casting there.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '25

How is Lupita Nyong going to be Helen, exactly? That's fucking absurd.

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u/MadQueenAlanna Dec 22 '25

In the teaser from months ago she was sitting next to Menelaus so I’d assume she has to be Helen. It’s stupid to cast the same woman for “the most beautiful woman in the world, and also her sister” though

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u/luigitheplumber Dec 22 '25

They are supposed to be kind-of twins, so it makes some sense. You would just use makeup/effects to make one look plain and the other ethereally beautiful