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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I remember watching a biography of Telly Sevalis, in which he relates the story of when he was working on some (cannot remember) roman epic pic and the director ragged on him to speak with a British accent. Despite pointing out that the romans did not speak english, so the matter of the accent was entirely bogus, the director would have none of it. Apparently, Hollywood is convinced the nothing says 'ancient Rome' like a British accent. Uh, yeah.

But I do buy that to be a truly cool villian, you have to have a british accent. :P