Businessman and former senior adviser to the US President Elon Musk has been very vocal about his thoughts on Christopher Nolan’s latest film, ‘The Odyssey.’ From criticizing the casting decisions to calling out the director for his “integrity”, Musk didn’t skip a minute to share his true thoughts about the film with the public. Here are some of the comments he’s made over the past few months, since Nolan announced his film.
Elon Musk’s comment about Lupita Nyong’o
Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter), Musk expressed his displeasure with Nolan’s choices, especially with Lupita Nyong’o and Elliot Page. Nyong’o, who plays Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman in Greek mythology and the cause of the Trojan War, along with her identical sister, Clytemnestra. Commenting on her performance, commentator Matt Walsh criticized Nolan for casting Lupita in the role and wrote in a post, “There is not a single person in the world who thinks Lupita Nyong’o is ‘the most beautiful woman in the world.’‘ But Christopher Nolan knows he will be called a racist if he gives the role of ‘the most beautiful woman’ to a white woman. Nolan is talented but nervous. ” In response to this, Musk added, “True” at the bottom of the post.
Elon Musk also called out Christopher Nolan for casting Elliot Page in the film
At the beginning of this year, the businessman also shared a series of articles that invited the director to portray Elliot Page in the film. Many of the comments were transphobic in nature and made direct reference to Page’s gender identity. He also responded to one post from his account and wrote, “Chris Nolan has lost his integrity.” Elliot Page was previously rumored to be cast as Achilles, one of Odysseus’s fallen companions whom he encounters in Hell. However, it was later confirmed that Page played Sinon, who was one of his warriors, and was tricked into joining the battle by one of Penelope’s lovers. In Homer’s poems, while he was portrayed as the cousin of Odysseus, in this movie he was portrayed as a peasant’s son.
Elon Musk on AI to create ‘The Odyssey’ historically accurate
Recently, in a blog post, Musk talked about how his social media AI system could create an “accurate history” of ‘The Odyssey’, unlike Nolan’s version. His post said, “Before the end of this year, Grok Imagine will produce a complete movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to Homer’s art.” Along with this, they also shared a few posts from user X who shared a three-minute video that he claims was created through AI. The video showed a brief conversation between Odysseus and the nymph Calypso.
Elon Musk is down to help Mel Gibson make another version of ‘The Odyssey’
A few days ago, a TV user asked Elon Musk to give money to the film producer and actor Mel Gibson and gave him $ 100 million. The person also said that Musk should pay for his work and find another version of ‘The Odyssey’ made with historical accuracy, including ships, weapons, and weapons. In response, the man answered in two words and said: “I am disappointed.”
Elon Musk created an AI version of ‘The Iliad’
Homer’s epic is divided into two poems: the ‘Iliad’, which describes the war in detail, and the ‘Odyssey’, which covers the king’s perilous journey back home. A month ago, amid all the criticism he shared about Nolan ahead of the release of ‘The Odyssey’, he used his AI video tool to create a remake of ‘The Iliad.’ He shared the post along with the caption, “Trailer for Iliad (Troy) by Grok Imagine 1.5, which was just released.“ The social media account Heavy Pulp created the video, and responded to Musk’s post by replying, “I had so much fun making this for you all!”, to which Musk responded by replying, “You want to make a full video?”