No, Elliot Page isn’t playing Achilles in The Odyssey.
For months, people were convinced Elliot Page was playing Achilles in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. There’s just one problem: that barely makes sense. Here’s why the Achilles theory doesn’t hold up, and the surprising role Page is reportedly playing instead.
Ever since Elliot Page appeared in a trailer for Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey, fans have been convinced he’s playing one specific character: Achilles, the legendary Greek warrior. It became the internet’s favorite theory.
There’s just one issue, it doesn’t really add up. And a new leak points to a completely different, and far more fitting, role. Here’s why the Achilles theory falls apart, and who Page is reportedly playing instead.
Where the Achilles theory came from
First, let’s be fair to the fans, the guess wasn’t random.
When Page popped up in a brief, hard-to-make-out shot in the film’s second trailer, looking every bit the part of a warrior, the internet immediately connected the dots to the most famous warrior of them all: Achilles, the near-invincible hero of the Trojan War. It’s an understandable leap.
The theory spread like wildfire. The problem is, it runs headfirst into a pretty big mythological wall.
Why the Achilles theory doesn’t hold up
Here’s the debunk, and it comes straight from the source material.
The biggest issue with Page-as-Achilles is a matter of simple timing: Achilles is already dead before the story of the Odyssey even begins.
Here’s the key distinction a lot of fans miss. The Trojan War and Homer’s Odyssey are two different stories. Achilles is the hero of the Iliad, the epic about the Trojan War, and he’s killed during that war (the famous arrow to his heel). Homer’s Odyssey picks up after the war is over, following Odysseus on his ten-year journey home. By then, Achilles has been dead for years.
So having Achilles as a major living character in a faithful adaptation of The Odyssey would run against the source material. (The one loophole: Odysseus briefly meets the ghost of Achilles during his visit to the underworld, so a small cameo isn’t impossible. But Page playing a significant, living Achilles? That never really squared with the story Nolan is telling.)
On top of that, the whole theory was built on a single blurry trailer frame, never anything official from Nolan or Universal. It was always a fan guess, and a shaky one.
Who Page is reportedly playing instead
Here’s the answer that actually fits, with a caveat.
According to a leaked Hungarian voice-dubbing cast list (reported by IGN Hungary), Page isn’t playing Achilles at all, he’s reportedly playing Sinon.
If that name doesn’t ring a bell, that’s kind of the point. Sinon isn’t even from Homer’s Odyssey, he’s a figure from the broader Trojan War mythology (specifically Virgil’s Aeneid).
Sinon was the cunning Greek soldier who pulled off one of history’s most famous tricks: he convinced the Trojans to wheel the Trojan Horse inside their city walls, sealing their doom. He’s a master manipulator, not a brawny hero.
The caveat: this is a strong report, not a confirmation. It comes from a dubbing list, not from Nolan, Universal, or Page, and it isn’t reflected on the film’s official materials or IMDb yet. So treat “Sinon” as very likely, but not 100% locked.
What Page has said
Page has stayed quiet on the specific role, but he did light up talking about reuniting with Nolan at a New York Comic Con panel. “I was so excited to be thought of for [The Odyssey] and to be asked to come back to work with him,” Page said. “I was just completely jazzed and excited.”
Page also reflected on returning to a massive Nolan production now: “To come back now, as you can imagine, being more comfortable in yourself makes these sorts of projects more enjoyable.”
A nice note from an Inception alum clearly thrilled to be back in Nolan’s world.
Why all the secrecy?
Here’s the fun context.
This entire guessing game exists because Nolan refused to reveal Page’s role, classic Nolan. He famously hid Marion Cotillard’s true character in The Dark Knight Rises the same way. Keeping one character a mystery, even in a story as old and well-known as The Odyssey, is a clever way to keep fans theorizing and engaged right up to opening night. The Achilles-vs-Sinon debate is exactly the kind of buzz he’s after.
Is Elliot Page playing Achilles in The Odyssey? The verdict
No, Elliot Page almost certainly isn’t playing Achilles in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, the theory was a fun guess built on a blurry trailer shot, but it never fit the source material.
Instead, a credible leak points to Page playing Sinon, the sly mastermind behind the Trojan Horse, a deeper, cleverer role that suggests Nolan’s film reaches all the way back to the fall of Troy.
Sometimes the most famous answer isn’t the right one, and in this case, the trickster fits Page far better than the warrior.
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Hat Tips:
Wikipedia and NBC Insider (2025-2026), verified for Page’s confirmed January 2025 casting (his second Nolan film after Inception), the full ensemble (Matt Damon as Odysseus, plus Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, and others), the July 17 release, the $250 million IMAX 70mm production, and the Marion Cotillard/Dark Knight Rises secrecy comparison
IGN Hungary (via reporting) and ComingSoon (June 2026), verified for the leaked Hungarian voice-dubbing cast list reportedly identifying Page’s role as Sinon rather than Achilles, the note that Sinon is a Trojan War figure from Virgil’s Aeneid (the Trojan Horse deceiver) rather than a character from Homer’s Odyssey, and the caveat that the role remains unconfirmed by Universal, Nolan, or Page
Variety (via LGBTQ Nation) and Cosmic Book News (2025-2026), verified for the origin and spread of the Achilles theory (built on a brief second-trailer shot, never officially confirmed), the evolution of fan theories from Achilles to Elpenor to the reported Sinon, and Page’s New York Comic Con comments about returning to work with Nolan