According to ZoomTV Entertainment, Zendaya has been confirmed as Athena and Lupita Nyong'o will be taking on not one but two roles in the upcoming big-screen adaptation of The Odyssey — one of the most ambitious mythology projects Hollywood has attempted in years.
Why This Casting Has the Fancasting World Buzzing
Two confirmed castings down, and roughly a pantheon's worth of iconic roles still wide open. The Odyssey is essentially a fancaster's dream project: a sprawling epic with gods, monsters, warriors, and witches, each demanding a performer with serious presence. Odysseus himself needs to anchor the entire film. Poseidon has to be a force of nature. Circe demands someone magnetic and dangerous. Penelope needs quiet, steely resolve. And that's before you even get to the Suitors, the Sirens, or Calypso. With Zendaya locked in as Athena, the conversation has immediately shifted to who fills out the rest of this mythological roster — and fans have been thinking about it longer than you might expect.
What myCast Fans Are Already Saying
The myCast community has built out multiple full fan casts for this project, and the data tells an interesting story. The most focused early signal comes from The Odyssey, where fans have cast Oscar Isaac as Odysseus — earning all 3 votes in that story. Honestly, it's hard to argue with. Isaac has the weathered intensity, the charm, and the dramatic range to carry a years-long sea voyage across two-plus hours of runtime. He's the kind of actor who makes you believe every scar has a story.
Over on the more expansive The Odyssey fan cast with 30 roles, the community has gone deeper into the ensemble, with picks spanning Constantine Markoulakis for Odysseus, Electra Nikolouzou as Penelope, Aliocha Schneider as Telemachus, and Eleni Roussinou as Circe. Notably, that story even has a fan pick for Athena — Nikoletta Samonas — a pick that the official announcement has now officially overtaken. And for Calypso, fans tapped , a genuinely inspired choice given her ability to project timeless, otherworldly allure. Then there's the with as Odysseus — a more unexpected swing that would bring serious musical-theater energy to the role.