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Hollywood’s elite have once again shown their contempt for ordinary Americans by trading good storytelling for political signaling, and Newsmax host Rob Finnerty called it out this week in a blunt on-air takedown of casting rumors surrounding Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Finnerty argued that casting choices driven by identity politics — rather than talent and fit for a role — are becoming the new norm in Tinseltown, a trend that has inflamed audiences across the country.
On his program Finnerty zeroed in on the possibility that Elliot Page, a high-profile transgender actor, could be cast in the part rumored to be Achilles, contrasting that with Brad Pitt’s earlier, more traditionally epic portrayal and calling the development emblematic of a wider problem in Hollywood casting. Viewers saw the segment as no mere gripe about casting — it was a larger complaint about a left-wing cultural agenda that prioritizes identity over the demands of myth, history, and audience expectations.
Conservatives aren’t simply playing culture-war theater here; there’s a real argument about who gets to tell our stories and whether centuries-old myths should be reshaped to satisfy a modern activist checklist. When studios insist on “woke” casting for headline value, they weaken the art of storytelling and alienate the fans who pay their salaries, which explains the vocal backlash to both Page’s rumored role and other controversial choices.
This isn’t just about one actor or one film — it’s about the capture of Hollywood by a small, self-congratulatory elite that assumes Americans will swallow any reimagining so long as it arrives with an ideological sticker. Smart consumers and patriotic viewers are noticing, and they’re increasingly willing to vote with their wallets and attention, pushing back against studios that mistake virtue-signaling for courage.
If Hollywood wants to regain the trust of the public, it should stop weaponizing casting decisions to score cultural points and start making films that honor the stories they adapt and respect the tastes of a broad audience. Real art serves the nation by uniting people in shared narratives, not by dividing them for clicks and PR headlines, and conservatives will continue to defend common-sense standards in film and culture until studios return to work that truly deserves our attention.
