The Backlash Towards Achilles White

Patroclus is also played by a dark skinned black actor, which was so when you read early reviews of the show, they're like, is this meant to be like their cousin's again? They're related or what? But I'm like just from a purely logistical point of view, you need Patroclus to look similar to Achilles to be able to put on the arms and legs. So yeah, but also in Troy, full of city, they play into that again. The origins of race again, that's something I'm looking at my thesis, like where these ideas come from in visual culture. And then bodybuilders were then cast in these Italian peplums films