**Why Sinon in Nolan’s The Odyssey?
Elliot Page playing Sinon is a fascinating choice.
Sinon isn’t really part of Homer’s Odyssey.
He comes from the wider Trojan War tradition, the Greek who deceives Troy and helps bring about its destruction through the Wooden Horse.
But here’s the interesting part: Sinon is almost a mirror of Odysseus.
Odysseus is the great hero who survives through deception, disguises, false identities, and clever strategies. Sinon is the man who destroys Troy through deception.
One uses the lie to survive.
The other uses the lie to win a war.
They represent two sides of the same idea: the power of a story to change reality.
And with Elliot Page playing Sinon, the character brings another layer of modern conversation about identity, transformation, and the difference between how someone appears and who they are.
Which is strangely fitting for The Odyssey, a story obsessed with disguise, change, and recognition.