India, July 23 -- Christopher Nolan's blockbuster has reignited one of Hollywood's most uncomfortable conversations - where does inclusive casting end and historical distortion begin? Sujoy Dhar writes

If you watched Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and found yourself doing a double take when Lupita Nyong'o appeared as Helen of Troy - the woman whose face, as Homer famously had it, launched a thousand ships - you were not alone. Audiences around the world had the same moment of pause. Some shrugged and moved on. Many did not.

The casting of the Kenyan-Mexican Oscar winner as the legendary Greek beauty has become one of the most heated cultural arguments of 2026 - part genuine intellectual debate about mythology, representation and artist...