Director Christopher Nolan admitted that he deliberately changed the ending of his adaptation of The Odyssey because he believed Homer’s original conclusion to the story was too “misogynistic.” In an interview with Time, Nolan discussed the film's departures from the source material and expanded on his portrayal of the witch Circe. The interviewer commented, “You also see this idea of man as beast in the scene with Circe. She says that Odysseus’ men would have raped and killed her—that they’re pigs. Then you get to the end and see the sack of Troy and the horror of what they did. She’s right.” thepostmillennial.com