Rome

[graculus]

Just started watching Rome, which looks very entertaining already (and yes, I'm going to copy it for you, cycnus39 as I'm sure you'll be interested - alas, I will only have a couple of eps before we next meet but I'm sure the rest can follow).

For an HBO show, I find the casting quite entertaining - have to say Ciaran Hinds as Caesar is inspired. But did they just decide to only cast British actors? ;)

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[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

Actually, the villain in Ben Hur is played by an American, Stephen Boyd.

But in Spartacus, the Brits are classy villains, and Olivier's character does love his Rome and tho his failing is hubris, one can even see his POV.

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Actually, Stephen Boyd was a Brit and didn't emigrate to the US till he was in his 20's.

And then of course there's the whole homoerotic subtext in Spartacus... ;)

[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. I didn't know that about Boyd. He sounded American in the movie.

RE: subtext.

Oh yeah. What do they say in that scene? Snail and oysters or something like that?

[graculus.livejournal.com]

I didn't realise till I went looking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Boyd

Yep, they talk about oysters and snails in the famous bath scene, nothing more. And it's still too provocative for the audience of the time. ;)