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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[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. ;)