r/Angryupvote • u/Interesting_Tale • 13d ago

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u/sarma55 13d ago

genuine question: why does casting a trans actor make sense?

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u/SosseV 13d ago

Achilles is described as a very beautiful, feminine man. His mother didn't want him to go to war, because of a prophecy that said he wouldn't return, so hid him in a temple among women and Odysseus, who was charged with recruiting him, needed a ruse to find him, because he was not able to recognise him amongst them.

Also, he only decided to go back to war when his lover Patroclos was killed by Hector, after refusing to fight anymore because of a conflict with king Agamemnon.

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u/Sarah_Incognito 13d ago

But Elliott Page wasn't that feminine before he transitioned, and he's definitely rough looking now; I would not go with beautiful as a descriptor.

edit: I have nothing against the casting; I just don't see this 'feminine' angle. Sounds a bit transphobic actually.

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