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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Entertainment
Andrea Dawn Boycillo

'You're Pining for a Daddy': Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Faces Backlash Over Accents and Modern Dialogue

Robert Pattinson as Antinous in 'The Odyssey' (Credit: Universal Pictures)

Following the success of 2023's Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's next film is The Odyssey, an adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic.

Given the director's track record of critically acclaimed films such as Interstellar and Inception, expectations for his next project are naturally high. The recently released trailer, however, has sparked criticism from viewers—particularly over the use of modern speech and American accents.

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