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.
Achilles is described as "huge" and lion-like in combat, but the actor Elliot Page is 1m55. Yeah, Achilles is also incredibly beautiful and god-like, but that's not the same as being feminine. What you're doing here is performative ignorance - "look at me, not even logic can stop me from being open-minded". It's happening in literally every discussion of this movie and it's exhausting.
Also, I hope you realize that calling a trans man "feminine" is not the woke flex that you think it is.
With respect to Achilles, there might be a justification for casting Page as him, because in the movie he is presumably dead and therefore a diminished version of himself with dramatically reduced physical presence. This matches greek beliefs about the afterlife and in the trailer Page looks to be acting that way. That works much better than the nonsense you wrote.
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u/sarma55 13d ago
genuine question: why does casting a trans actor make sense?