It is set to be one of the biggest blockbusters of the summer.

Christopher Nolan, the director behind The Dark Knight trilogy and Oppenheimer, is putting his faith in a gigantic, star-studded adaptation of Greek mythology. But the new trailer has left some people, including Elon Musk, wondering about the casting choices.

Hollywood has tackled Homer’s heroic king of Ithaca, Odysseus, and his long journey home after the ten-year Trojan War before.

In recent days, online critics pointed their swords at The Odyssey, Nolan’s reported $250 million adaptation of Homer’s epic, scheduled to hit cinemas on July 17, claiming that the director is having to contend with the modern hydra of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the workplace.

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The row has centred largely on two casting choices, though Elliot Page’s role has not yet been officially confirmed: Page, who is transgender and now says she is a male and was formerly known as Ellen Page, as Achilles’ ghost. Lupita Nyong’o who has Kenyan roots, is now confirmed as Helen of Troy, whose unparalleled beauty sparked the ten-year Trojan War.

Famous rapper Travis Scott also plays a bard.

“I cast him because I wanted to nod towards the idea that this story has been handed down as oral poetry, which is analogous to rap,” Nolan said in an interview with with Time.

In classical tradition, Helen and Achilles are often associated with light, radiant, or golden beauty, something reflected in Wolfgang Petersen’s 2004 big-screen version of Troy, which cast Brad Pitt as the blond Achilles and Diane Kruger as blond Helen of Troy.

Variety, in a recent piece, dismissed critics as “Twitter trolls,” while attempting to downplay the diversity rules that may have shaped Hollywood’s casting incentives.

But to get in with a chance of winning the Best Picture Oscar, under the Academy’s own representation and inclusion standards, films have to meet at least a one on-screen diversity benchmark by casting at least one lead or significant supporting actor from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group, or by ensuring at least 30 percent of smaller roles come from underrepresented groups.

Writing on X, Conservative commentator Matt Walsh said: “We’re told that we shouldn’t object to Helen of Troy being portrayed as a black woman. And yet if a major Hollywood studio made a film set in Africa and cast a white woman as “the most beautiful woman in Africa,” those same people would literally riot in the street.”

“If, say, Sydney Sweeney was cast in the role, they’d be driven to murderous violence. We all know this is the case,” he added.

“Absolutely true. Such hypocrisy in Hollywood,” said Elon Musk in response.

But perhaps we should wait for the film before passing judgment, lads. Homer would want you to hear the story before charging into battle.