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MaxHoppersGhost • today at 3:24 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

Yeah he doesn’t appear as a living character in Homer’s poem but he does appear as a ghost in the poem when they visit the underworld (sorry for the spoilers). Not sure what difference it makes if Achilles shows up as alive or as a ghost but he is in the poem and it would be weird to have a non macho dude play Achilles.

Regardless I think it’s a bullshit rumor and people are running with it. The sad thing is how believable the rumor is.

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defrost • today at 3:35 AM

> it would be weird to have a non macho dude play Achilles.

Odd. Remind me, wasn't it Achilles who spent a couple of years cross dressing as a girl while hiding out to avoid a fight?

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_on_Skyros

  Buenos noches Senores y Senoras Bienvenidos

  La primera pregunta es: Que es mas macho, pineapple o knife?

  Well, let's see
  My guess is that a pineapple is more macho than a knife

  Si! Correcto! Pineapple es mas macho que knife
  La segunda pregunta es: Que es mas macho, lightbulb o schoolbus?

  Uh, lightbulb?
  No! Lo siento, Schoolbus es mas macho que lightbulb

  Gracias. And we'll be back in un momento
~ https://youtu.be/AY3OgLo8DUc?t=14
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dyauspitr • today at 5:21 AM

I don’t think it’s a rumor. There’s literally a shot of her in the trailer.