Overview
- Goldberg told viewers on The View that critics who dislike Elliot Page’s casting should simply skip the film, saying “if you don’t want to see it, don’t go see it,” and she attacked use of the word “woke” to describe ordinary workers.
- Page plays a supporting role as Sinon, a cousin of Matt Damon’s Odysseus, a casting detail that critics misunderstood after false pre-release rumors circulated about Page playing Achilles.
- Conservative commentators including Ben Shapiro criticized the casting and public figures such as Elon Musk amplified inaccurate reports before the film’s release.
- Christopher Nolan has dismissed pre-release debate as irrelevant because commentators had not seen the film, and cohost Alyssa Farah Griffin called the movie a “masterpiece” with themes like family and institutions that cross political lines.
- The Odyssey opened to Nolan’s biggest start and has passed $300 million worldwide, showing that high-profile back-and-forth and online misinformation have so far had no clear commercial impact and may reinforce how early leaks and chatter shape but do not determine a film’s reach.