Businessman, former senior advisor to the President of the United States Musk has been outspoken about his thoughts on Christopher Nolan’s latest film, The Odyssey. From criticizing the casting to criticizing the director’s “integrity,” Musk kept sharing his true thoughts on the film with the public. Here’s a compilation of most of the comments Nolan has made over the past few months since he announced his film.
Elon Musk on Lupita Nyong’o
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Musk expressed his dissatisfaction with Nolan’s casting choices, specifically Lupita Nyong’o and Elliot Page. Nyong’o plays Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman in Greek mythology and the cause of the Trojan War, and her half-sister Clytemnestra. Speaking about her casting, conservative commentator Matt Walsh criticized Nolan for choosing Lupita for the role, writing in a post: “No one on the planet truly thinks Lupita Nyong’o is ‘the most beautiful woman in the world.’But Christopher Nolan knew that if he gave the role of “Most Beautiful Woman” to a white woman, he would be called a racist. Nolan is technically gifted, but a coward. In response, Musk commented below the post: “Correct.”
Elon Musk also praised Christopher Nolan for casting Elliot Page in the movie
Earlier this year, the businessman also retweeted several posts calling on the director to cast Elliot Page in the film. Many of the comments were transphobic in nature and directly commented on Paige’s gender. He also responded to one such post from his account, writing: “Chris Nolan has lost his integrity.” Earlier rumors suggested that Elliot Page would play Achilles, one of Odysseus’ fallen comrades he encounters in Hell. However, it was later confirmed that Page’s character was Sinon, one of the warriors in his fleet who was tricked into joining the war by one of Penelope’s suitors. In Homer’s poem he is depicted as Odysseus’ cousin, while in the film he is depicted as a peasant’s son.
Elon Musk talks artificial intelligence to make ‘Odyssey’ historically accurate
In a recent online post, Musk commented on how his social media platform’s artificial intelligence system would create a “historically accurate” version of “The Odyssey” that would be different from Nolan’s version. His post read: “Before this year is out, Grok Imagine will be producing a full-length Odyssey movie that is historically accurate and true to Homer’s art.” Among other things, he shared several posts from an X user who shared a three-minute-long clip that they claimed was produced through artificial intelligence. The film shows a conversation between Odysseus and the nymph Calypso.
Elon Musk will help Mel Gibson make another version of ‘The Odyssey’
A few days ago, a social media user asked Elon Musk to fund film producer and actor Mel Gibson and give him $100 million. The person commented that Musk should fund his project and create another historically accurate version of the Odyssey, complete with ships, armor, and weapons. In his reply, the man simply responded with two words and said: “I’m frustrated.”
Elon Musk creates artificial intelligence version of Iliad
Homer’s epic poem is divided into two poems: “The Iliad,” which details the war, and “The Odyssey,” which tells the story of the king’s perilous journey home. A month ago, before The Odyssey was released, he used his own AI film tools to create a reimagined sequence from The Iliad amid all the criticism leveled at Nolan. He shared the post with the caption: “The trailer for Iliad (Troy), produced by Grok Imagine 1.5, has just been released.“ The social media account Heavy Pulp created the video and responded to Musk’s post, commenting: “It was a pleasure making this video for everyone!” to which Musk replied: “Want to make a full movie?”
