VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-07-19
“provoke, challenge and discomfit how we think about beauty and identity.”
Daniel Mendelsohn · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-19
Mendelsohn had previously defended Nolan's decision to cast Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy.
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