Gerard butler at an event for 300 2006 lena headey and dominic west in 300 2006 gary a. A technically exciting videogame of a film, 300 loses touch with a critical and moving event in greek history. The story was first told on film in 1962 when director rudolph mate went to greece and shot a worthy, but conventional and surprisingly leaden, version entitled the 300 spartans, starring american richard egan as king leonidas and the british david farrar as xerxes. As the battle rages, queen gorgo lena headey attempts to rally support in sparta for her husband. For millerand, by extension, for snyderthe spartans were unambiguous heroes. How did xerxes appear so much larger than leonidas. Ovecendant of heracles, possessing much of the latters strength and bravery. Actor rodrigo santoro portrays the 9foottall xerxes in the film. Rodrigo junqueira dos reis santoro is a brazilian actor and voice actor.
The battle of artemisia, the title used during filming. Adapted from the book by frank miller, this is a modern retelling of the battle of thermopylae of 480 bc, when the 100,000 strong invading persian army of king xerxes was held back in a narrow mountain pass by 300 spartans. He is big badmain antagonist of the film 300 spartans and bigger badsecondary antagonist of the sequel 300 spartans. His tongue, however, got the best of him during his brief summit with leonidas i of. King leonidas of sparta and a force of 300 men fight the persians at thermopylae in 480 b.
He is perhaps most famous for his portrayal of persian king xerxes in the movie 300 and its sequel 300. The film was previously called xerxes, the title of the frank miller graphic novel on which the film is based, and later 300. I think people will look back at 300 and say, thats the movie that made gerry butler a star. The original 300 workout used by the cast of the movie 300, with video demonstration. Battle of thermopylae, in which the spartan king leonidis, played by richard egan, led a remarkably small number of. The actor who played xerxes is brazilian born actor rodrigo santoro. He is big badmain antagonist of the film 300 spartans. When king leonidas and his 300 spartan warriors fell to the overwhelming persian army at the battle of thermopylae, the fearless actions of the noble fighters inspired all. Xerxes, the great king who lived before christ, a legendary demigod is seen here in his glory. The real persian king xerxes had a beard and was much shorter. Made with the cooperation of the greek government, it was shot in the village of perachora in the peloponnese.
Get through this workout and youll build serious amounts of musclefast. You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city steps. His father is italian, while his mother, who is brazilian, has portuguese ancestry. This is a video i made for history class, enjoy i do not own any of these videos. Xerxes, the king of persia, is portrayed as seven feet tall. King leonidas gerard butler is given four days by persia s king xerxes rodrigo santoro to lay down his arms and surrender. Facing insurmountable odds, their valor and sacrifice inspire all of greece to unite against their persian enemy, drawing a line in the sand for democracy.
Its a terrible misrepresentation of all parties involved, full stop. Xxx parody in the historic battle of thermopylae, 480 b. The film was directed by zack snyder and stars gerard butler as leonidas i revered king of sparta, lena headey as leonidas wife queen gorgo, dominic. He has explained that the film altered his perception of the hero concept insofar as he came to realize that the hero didnt always win and that sometimes, to be a hero, one must sacrifice oneself. Legendary pictures has announced that frank miller is writing the followup graphic novel, and zack snyder was interested in directing the adaptation, but chose to move on to develop and direct the superman reboot man of steel.
In around 480 bc at the battle of thermopylae, the army of the city state of sparta, held off the persian army lead by xerxes. Most of us know about king leonidas because of the actor gerard butler who played. Athenians were not weakwilled, cowardly, when the going gets tough types. The film was written by jordan mechner, boaz yakin, doug miro, and carlo bernard, produced by jerry bruckheimer, and released by walt disney pictures on may 28, 2010. Santoro was cast as persian emperor xerxes in the film 300, based on the frank miller. Artemisia was taken captive and suffered terrible physical and sexual abuse at the hands of the greeks. Why is king leonidas the only spartan in the movie wearing a plumed helmet. Directed by 1 writing credits 5 cast 59 produced by 9 music by 1. In a larger than life battle film like 300, the villain has to be extralarger than life. Spartan king leonidas and his 300 warriors fell in battle, but their heroic action inspired all of greece to stand up against the persian army and defeat them. In the movie 300 is the persian godking actor really. Scott also poked fun at the buffed bodies of the actors portraying the spartans, declaring that the persian characters are.
The movie is famous for its visuals, action sequences and, unfortunately, the this is sparta meme. The real 300 spartans history behind the frank miller 300 graphic novel and the film. The 2007 movie 300 is about king leonidas portrayed by the wonderful. Rise of an empire was used because the other two were deemed too exotic. Played in the movie by michael fassbender with conan the barbarians haircut. He has appeared in many successful movies, including brainstorm 2001. When king leonidas and his 300 spartan warriors fell to the overwhelming persian army at the battle of thermopylae, the fearless actions of the noble fighters inspired all of greece to stand up. Actor rodrigo santoro is the same height as gerard butler.
Vastly outnumbered, the greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history. Xerxes rodrigo santoro, the persian king who claims to be a god. The 300 spartans is a 1962 cinemascope epic film depicting the battle of thermopylae. Battle of artemisia is the 2014 prequel to the 2007 blockbuster film, 300. He was a series regular on the television series lost portraying the character paulo, and played hector escaton in hbos westworld. Directed by 1 writing credits 5 cast 89 produced by 16 music by 1 cinematography by 1. Rodrigo santoro, a brazilian actor, was chosen to play the imposing, persian. The persian messenger was a man who served as the voice of xerxes i of persia. He was a wellspoken individual who was sent ahead of the persian armies to seek peaceful submission to the rule of his master. It was released in 3d and imax 3d on march 7, 2014. He has appeared in many successful movies, including brainstorm, carandiru, love actually, che, i love you phillip morris, and rio. The sands of time is a 2010 american action fantasy film directed by mike newell.
He is the main antagonist of 300 spartans film series. Peter mensah born 27 august 1959 is a ghanaianbritish actor, best known for his roles in the films tears of the sun, hidalgo, 300, and television series such as starz spartacus. The plot revolves around king leonidas gerard butler, who leads 300 spartans into battle against the. Leonidas, the king of sparta, first meets xerxes the selfproclaimed godking of the persians.
While it has been established that king leonidas of sparta died at the battle of thermopylae in august, 480 bc, very little is known about the year of his birth, or for that matter, his formative years. In the battle of thermopylae of 480 bc an alliance of greek citystates fought the invading persian army in the mountain pass of thermopylae. Herodotus, the father of history, told many good stories, but there are few tales in his repertoire that surpass his narrative of the lastditch stand of the greeks against numerically superior forces at the pass of thermopylae in august, 480 b. At eight years old, her family was slaughtered by the greek hoplites. It stars richard egan as the spartan king leonidas, sir ralph richardson as themistocles of athens and david farrar as persian king xerxes, with diane baker as. What is the name of the persian king in the movie 300.