>Achilles played by an Anglo
>Patroclus played by a Scandinavian
>Agamemnon played by an Anglo
>Menelaus played by an Irishman
>Helen played by a German
>Paris played by an Anglo
The same thing can be seen in films like Gladiator and 300 too. Why does Hollywood whitewash ancient Meds?
Find me italian or greek actors who can speak english and we'll talk
Jason Mantzoukas
I said meds not turks
Jason is literally Greek
Looks like a poo
We are white. Whiter than gayreeks
He's Greek you retard
He can play the Persian king who gets killed by Alexander
Why would a Greek play a Persian? You moron
maybe they want to see good looking peoples rather than Slavo-Anatolian manlets squatting in Hellas sludging some peasant koine Hellenic language
>An aryan should be played by a hellenic?
What he mean by this?
Look, why are we all pretending? We all know ancient meds used to be white before they were colonized by turks and semites
Achilles:
"According to Homeros' Iliad, Achilles is the most handsome young man in the Greek camp. And he has shiny (reddish) blond hair."
Patroclus:
"handsome and powerfully built. His eyes were GRAY. He was modest, dependable, wise, a man richly endowed."[6]
Agamemnon:
...was described as ". . .blond, large, and powerful. He was eloquent, wise, and noble, a man richly endowed."
Menelaus:
". . .of moderate stature, AUBURN-haired, and handsome. He had a pleasing personality."
Helen:
"...but ancient Greek paintings show her as a brunette."
Paris:
"...in the account of Dares the Phrygian, he was illustrated as ". . .fair, tall, and brave. His eyes were very beautiful, his hair soft and blond, his mouth charming, and his voice pleasant. He was swift, and eager to take command."
Too dark
I can see that. he looks very swarthy and pajeet like
I thought greeks looked like this
It's just a figure of speech
>literally describes physical attributes of a character
>"b-but figure of speech!"
Hey, guys, some tips to you all. Most heroes and characters in ancient myth are described as fair skinned and of bright hair, much like the phenotypes of the people at the time (yes, the greeks were white before the whole mess of wars and shit, and the roman phenotype is preserved in norther Italy) a few examples. Pic related is a depiction of Aeneas from a middle-northern painter, see the white skin and beautiful features? Yeah, because Aeneas was the literal son of Aphrodite/Venus. He was considered the first ancestor of all romans.
Gray eyes refers to the mysterious look in a person's eyes
Who the fuck cares about how they were described in the books. Brad Pitt as Achiles is kino
The Mycenaens were Central Europeans with fair hair and light eyes
Last week a huge scientific paper about their DNA came out and nope, they were all Greeks with dark hair and brown eyes
>when mystery meat amerimutts talk about history of who's "white"
t. Your ass
Because you can only cast people that exist. There are no bronze age levantines lying around waiting to be in your movie.
It's completely different from tokenism/blackwashing/whatever. If the Chinese were to do Hamlet it would be perfectly reasonable for them to only cast chinks. Same deal with Troy, whether it's an American or a Nigerian or whatever production it's fine to just cast local actors.
But brad is actually pretty close to the description, beautiful, blonde-reddish-golden hair, it's not like they casted an arab.
doesnt the illiad say achilles had blonde hair