The internet was on fire for weeks over a story that turned out to be completely made up. 🔥 In May 2026, an account on X sparked the rumor that Elliot Page would play Achilles in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ — and the culture-war controversy exploded before anyone bothered to fact-check it. Even Elon Musk came out saying Nolan had “lost his integrity”.
But the rumor was never confirmed by Universal Pictures. What is known is that Page does have a real role in the film — and depending on the source, it is a very different character from Achilles. Most point to Elpenor, the youngest crewman on Odysseus’s ship, the one who in Homer dies after falling from the roof of Circe’s palace and becomes the first shade Ulysses encounters in the Underworld. A more recent source places him as Sinon, the warrior who convinced the Trojans to bring the Horse inside their walls. 🎭
Whoever the character may be, it marks Nolan’s reunion with Page fifteen years after ‘Inception’. The film arrives in theaters on July 17, 2026 with Matt Damon as Odysseus, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, and a budget of 250 million dollars. The culture war has already begun — and the film has not even been released yet. 🏛️