And so it is that the character of Achilles, last embodied on screen by a lank-haired Brad Pitt in 2004's Troy, will this time be played by British-Ghanaian actor David Gyasi.

Pitt’s portrayal of Achilles was not only one of the film’s linchpins, but it helped propel him to the status of a bona fide action hero. Brad Pitt played Achilles in ‘Troy’ Brad Pitt pic ...

It takes real cash to be Spartan: Brad Pitt plays a bronzed, maxim-spouting Achilles in Wolfgang Petersen's $175-million toga-and-breastplate fantasy, Troy. Achilles to Olympus: Bring ...