With a few exceptions Hollywood doesn't like to cross a couple boundaries when outlining a main character or hero. Religion is often not brought up for the sake of being commercial and applicable to all people who would see the movie. Up until recently a hero's sexuality was alway straight, masculine, and sometimes womanizing. The homosexual idea was and is still not respected or even acknowledged. Granted, the majority of the population that may go see a movie is straight. From past experience and knowledge of how producers cater to certain demographics, these are just some characteristics of the hero figure in modern day movies.
Achilles being a modern day hero would be a toss up. I assume Hollywood would commercialize his personality to reflect what the viewer could identify with. If Achilles were represented well and true to the actual man there might be a few more upset people walking out of the local movie theater. I would assume crowds would simply cover their ears and refuse to acknowledge the whole relationship between Achilles and Patroclus.
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