"The Odyssey" Trailer Has Been Bombarded With Dislikes On YouTube — And The Reason Is Worse Than You Think

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is already predicted to beryllium 1 of the biggest films this year, with radical counting down the days for his instrumentality connected the legendary Greek tale.

Part of the excitement comes from its star-studded lineup. Matt Damon leads the formed arsenic Odysseus, alongside Anne Hathaway arsenic Penelope and Tom Holland arsenic Telemachus. 

They're joined by Robert Pattinson arsenic Antinous, Zendaya arsenic Athena, Charlize Theron arsenic Calypso, Lupita Nyong'o arsenic Helen of Troy, arsenic good arsenic Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Himesh Patel, Samantha Morton, Mia Goth, Elliot Page, and Bill Irwin.

Among those fuelling the backlash is Elon Musk, who has repeatedly weighed successful connected the film's casting successful caller months.

Responding to quality that Nyong'o would play Helen of Troy aft 1 idiosyncratic described the determination arsenic "disgusting", Musk wrote: "Chris Nolan has mislaid his integrity."

Meanwhile, right-wing commentator Matt Walsh wrote: “Not 1 idiosyncratic connected the satellite really thinks that Lupita Nyong’o is ‘the astir beauteous pistillate successful the world.’ But Christopher Nolan knows that helium would beryllium called racist if helium gave ‘the astir beauteous woman’ relation to a achromatic woman. Nolan is technically talented but a coward.”

During a caller interrogation with Elle, Nyong'o addressed the backlash, reminding critics that The Odyssey is simply a “mythological story”.

Speaking astir manager Nolan's vision, she said: “I’m precise supportive of Chris’s volition with [The Odyssey] and with the mentation of this communicative that helium is telling.”

She besides made wide she has nary involvement successful responding to online criticism, adding: “Our formed is typical of the world. I’m not spending my clip reasoning of a defence. The disapproval volition beryllium whether I prosecute with it oregon not.”

Nyong'o continued: “It’s rather thing to beryllium a portion of The Odyssey, due to the fact that it is truthful grand. It spans worlds. So that’s wherefore the formed is what it is. We’re occupying the epic communicative of our time.”

Speaking to Variety, the Oscar-winning manager said helium wasn't fazed by the online reaction.

“Comes with the territory,” Nolan said of the backlash. “But look, these conversations that hap earlier radical spot the movie — they're ever irrelevant, due to the fact that nary 1 having them knows what the movie really is yet”.

BuzzFeed reached retired to Universal Pictures for comment.