Christopher Nolan Makes Helen Of Troy Black?
Amala Ekpunobi
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🗓️ 4 February 2026
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Black actress Lupita Nyong’o has reportedly been cast as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming epic film adaptation of “The Odyssey". Let’s react.
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| 0:00.0 | Well guys, you know what they say in Hollywood. |
| 0:01.5 | You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a race swapper. |
| 0:05.0 | And today we're going to be talking about Christopher Nolan, the prolific film creator. |
| 0:09.0 | Now he's creating a new film, The Odyssey, and apparently he's engaging in some race-wapping. |
| 0:14.0 | We're going to talk with Peter Njango and Helen of Troy. |
| 0:17.0 | Let's talk about it. |
| 0:18.0 | Yeah, you better. Yeah, you better. Yeah, you better. Guys, before we get into today's video, please like and subscribe us today, we're |
| 0:28.2 | talking to all things, Christopher Nolan, the Odyssey, Lepidio, Helen of Troy. |
| 0:31.9 | This has become a huge piece of internet controversy right now. |
| 0:34.6 | We do not have a confirmed casting that Lepidanyango is Helen |
| 0:38.0 | of Troy, but there are talks that she has been cast in The Odyssey, either to play Helen |
| 0:42.4 | of Troy or to possibly be Helen of Troy's sister, which we all know these characters to be of |
| 0:47.6 | Greek descent from Homer's The Odyssey, the very famous poem. Now, does Lipida Njonga look Greek? |
| 0:53.0 | No, does she look like anything that Helen of Troy has been described to have looked like? |
| 0:59.3 | Absolutely not. If we pull up some historical depictions of Helen of Troy, |
| 1:03.1 | Lapidaniago just isn't it. And I know a lot of people are coming after her |
| 1:07.0 | and saying that Helen of Troy is supposed to be the face that launches a thousand ships. |
| 1:10.7 | I don't want to hear that. LePederniongou is obviously a beautiful woman. She's a fantastic actress. Christopher Nolan is known to handpick actresses and actors for his films. So of course, she has the talent to be in the same room as all of these people. I'm just questioning whether or not it makes sense to cast her as Helen |
| 1:27.7 | Troy, given the depictions that we have of her, given the description that we have of her, and it's not |
| 1:32.5 | quite making sense. And it's always so interesting to me that with white characters, various skin |
| 1:38.1 | characters, it is so easy for Hollywood to switch out these characters for people of color. But when |
| 1:43.2 | you see things happen in the opposite direction, it's a huge no-no. |
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