The scale of Peacock’s upcoming ancient Rome epic rivales that of Game of Thrones.
The project is truly an epic in every sense of the word.
And it’s all choreography.
So, you have to sort of condition your body to learn the movements.
It was a great time we had with those guys."
[Producer] Roland [Emmerich] doesn’t like doubles.
So it was a lot of work physically.
So that is a great comparison…
This is more rooted in sort of reality and history.
It’s not a fairy tale.
[‘Those About to Die’] was really like a new show.
Obviously, it’s based on nonfictional [events]…
But it’s totally new storytelling.
So, I don’t think you’re able to really make a comparison.
I think the comparison comes because it’s such an epic world.
But I think they’re two very different shows."
It’s grounded, but it’s levitating a little bit is how I described it."
That was quite strange and an odd thought when you’re sort of playing this character…
I thought that was quite cool.
Because I love Parisian houses, they’re very white.
For the Romans, [that] would have been like putting a white canvas on the wall.
So their houses were completely a blast of colors."
It was very interesting.
All episodes ofThose About to DieSeason 1 hit Peacock on July 18.
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