‘The Odyssey’ Star Lupita Nyong’o Responds to Racist Casting Backlash: ‘This Is a Mythological Story’

Lupita Nyong’o is addressing the backlash to her casting as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.” Nyong’o plays Helen of Troy, the Greek mythological character who was thought of as the most beautiful woman in the world and is often referred to as “the face that launched 1,000 ships” because her marriage to […]