Helen of Troy should have a sorta "classical beauty". Sidney S. is an attractive lady, but she doesn't have that. She's someone I'd cast for Baywatch or some modern Americana movie.
If they couldn't find a Greek actress (which I find impossible to believe) an Italian or a Med was good enough. Victoria Justice has Spaniard ancestry and that's good enough by me.
Someone looked at this girl who tried a role for a woman whose beauty started a legendary war and said "sorry, you're too pretty" and cast instead a black woman who's not even attractive by black standards but rather forgettable in looks.
If Helen of Troy was some big tittie, thin Koran chick, would there be similar backlash? I think people could see the merits of some rare beauty in the setting.
This general idea is what the thinking will be for Lupito, but it just doesn't translate to universal beauty standards. She may be a prime example of Kenyan, but is that to Hollywood ideals? Compared to a typical Kenyan lady she looks very good, but does she even fit Kenyan beauty standards?
Anyway, so where are the Asians in The Odyssey? If they're just casting people from everywhere, why no Asians?
As I said in the other thread, her beauty alone wasn't enough. All the Greek kings had taken an oath to defend her marriage (oaths were very serious back then) and she was the legitimate heir to the throne of Sparta which made her husband king of the city. Her beauty wasn't the only reason for this war. There were other reasons too.
