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Why is Elon Musk so threatened by the casting of The Odyssey? (opens in new tab)

The world’s richest man can’t stop posting about how Lupita Nyong’o was chosen to play an imaginary womanIt was the casting choice that launched a thousand meltdowns. The Oscar-winning actor Lupita Nyong’o was Elon Musk, a man in possession of the world’s thinnest skin and fattest bank account, is obviously among the aggrieved. Musk started moaning in January, when it was rumoured that Nyong’o had the role. Since a 12 May interview with Nolan in Time magazine made this casting official, Musk ...

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