I show him as Agamemnon
Oh, oops. Brain fart. Mixing up asshole Greek heroes whose names starts with A's.
No, we don't know who is playing Achilles but there was an unsubstantiated rumor awhile ago that Elliot Page will be playing him. Which, of course, riled up certain people.
We do know Page is playing someone in the Underworld as we glimpse him covered in mud in the most recent trailer, asking Odysseus who is watching after Odysseus' wife and son. That would align with the context of their conversation in the poem.
Even back in the square tube TV days, I always tried as best I could to find the letterbox version of movies on VHS whenever they were available. Even today, I still trying always watch my media in whatever ratio it was originally intended to be in. I will admit, it did take a bit of getting used to the constant switching aspect ratio in the IMAX enhanced versions of the MCU movie.
Exactly so.
There's been no casting announcement for "Achilles," so the question of "Whose idea was it?" might well be "Some incel at Cosmic Book News making up clickbait copy. "
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There was a new trailer before my screening of Disclosure Day today but it doesn't appear to be online yet. It's a full new trailer with lots of footage and dialogue as well as our first glimpse of Lupita Nyong'o (unclear which role since it went by so fast but she was screaming in the moment).
While looking for said trailer, I happened upon this lovely featurette about Ludwig Göransson's work on the score and particularly how he incorporated aulos and lyres in the music:
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Man, Ludwig's come so far since I first became aware of his work on Community. I've loved getting to watch his career progress like this.
Only just saw this but that's the trailer I saw ahead of Disclosure Day. Not only do we get a glimpse of Lupita Nyong'o but there's also a quick shot of Elliot Page, which I missed the first time around.
Speaking of whom, turns out he's not playing Achilles (or Elpenor, another character he was rumored to play) but Sinon, a character who doesn't appear in The Odyssey but instead appears in The Aeneid at the end of the Trojan War. Based on the previous trailers, I still suspect he'll appear in the Underworld scenes but I wonder if he takes the place of Elpenor (which is fine by me since I didn't like that drunken fool).
That same link reveals that James Remar is playing Tiresias, which is a great bit of casting, while Melanthius is played by Logan Marshall-Green, who is always great at playing assholes (Across the Universe, Prometheus, Spider-Man: Homecoming).
Speaking of whom, turns out he's not playing Achilles (or Elpenor, another character he was rumored to play) but Sinon, a character who doesn't appear in The Odyssey but instead appears in The Aeneid at the end of the Trojan War. Based on the previous trailers, I still suspect he'll appear in the Underworld scenes but I wonder if he takes the place of Elpenor (which is fine by me since I didn't like that drunken fool).
That same link reveals that James Remar is playing Tiresias, which is a great bit of casting, while Melanthius is played by Logan Marshall-Green, who is always great at playing assholes (Across the Universe, Prometheus, Spider-Man: Homecoming).
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I wouldn't say he was an asshole in Prometheus, just unconvincing as a scientist.
That's fair. He was more idiot than asshole. When I first saw that credit when I looked him up, I assumed he was one of those idiot assholes who, ultimately, got everyone killed and I let that bias push through.
Either way, he's perfect for the role of Melanthius.
"That's bait." [/Mad Max]
It wasn't his fault. Ultimately he was targeted by David, who was the real asshole ( in addition to the guy he was working for ).
If Tom Hardy is unavailable you call in James Remar.
And yet, were it to occur, you would already know the reaction; you don't need to be an Oracle of Delphi.