I have completely refused to watch Troy for the purpose of avoiding that very problem (I learned my lesson after sitting through Mel Gibson as Hamlet (oh, the pain)--it ruined the play for me for a year or more--and it's among my favorite pieces of literature of all time--which the Iliad is too, I suppose--but at least I can read Hamlet in it's orignal language).

So, personally, I'm totally (and happily) NOT picturing Mr. Pitt. In Manslayer, I've described Achilleus as having red hair (it's suggested in the Iliad that he does) and gold eyes (that I think I made up)--if that visualization helps. I'm not completely sticking to the myth (which is actually impossible to do, since there are different (inconsistent) versions, but I'm certainly drawing from the mythology and I hope I'm closer to it than Troy was. ; ) Not like that's really hard. :p

Thanks for reading and I'm glad you liked it. : )