Posted on 12/06/2008 5:30:14 AM PST by jalisco555
“Rome” was too expensive to continue. That’s why it was canceled. Second, keeping the huge cast and crew together between seasons was, yes, too expensive. There is almost no chance of doing a movie now with the original cast and crew.
“I’ve had trouble getting into The Tudors. Not sure why since I usually like historical dramas.”
Probably because of the actor that played Henry the 8th.
It took me a couple of episodes to become comfortable with him in the role and then he grew on me.
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I agree. Keith Mitchell was by far the best Henry VIII I’ve ever seen played. JRM is meant to an entirely different demographic, over-sexed, under brain cell driven twenty-somethings. His Henry VIII is played as a spoiled brat who can’t govern without shouting his inferiors down. Boring actually. And this isn’t the actors fault. He’s a very talented Irish born individual who played an unforgetable role as a Confederate renegade in Ang Lee’s Ride With the Devil. But all this stated, I do enjoy The Tudors, but absolutely loved Rome.
Unless I'm missing something, this would have been impractical. If any of the original characters were still around when Christ started his mission, they would have been over 100, a tad old to play major roles in the events.
If they were going to shift eras, they'd have to start up new characters anyway, so what diff if the old actors were unavailable?
There's no question that life in Rome was pretty darn gross. (Greece, too, but that's a different movie.) For me, it's less unpleasant reading about such things, rather than watching them.
“But all this stated, I do enjoy The Tudors, but absolutely loved Rome.”
I couldn’t have said it better.
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