Pakistan, May 22 -- Jimmy Kimmel has taken aim at Elon Musk over his attacks on Christopher Nolan's casting of Lupita Nyong'o in The Odyssey, telling the tech billionaire to "stay in his lane" during a pointed segment on his late-night show.

The row centres on Nolan's decision to cast Nyong'o, 43, as Helen of Troy, the figure from Greek mythology whose legendary beauty sparked the Trojan War.

The Oscar-winning actress, who took home the Academy Award for 12 Years a Slave in 2013, will play both Helen and her sister Clytemnestra.

The backlash began when conservative commentator Matt Walsh posted on X arguing that nobody "on the planet" considers Nyong'o the world's most beautiful woman and accusing Nolan of making the casting choice out...