[Centurion2000]

Sounds very interesting

I'd love to see him do the Punic Wars and the destruction of Carthage.

[ruiner]

So you think she'll be hot? I bet she's hot. You know, for historical accurancy and such.

[mware]

Be prepared for another flogging scene. If I recall my history she was flogged pretty severely when captured by the Romans.

[mewzilla]

Cool. I hope they cast it well.

[mtbopfuyn]

Braveheart with a bra

Lol, that was my first thought reading the title.

[Defiant]

Celtic warriors fought completely nude, and I think the women who were there, as leaders or as priests, were topless at least. I wonder if they'll portray it accurately. Here's hoping they do!

[csvset]

ping

[SuziQ]

Queen Boudicca

Is this where the term "boudacious" came from?

[11th Earl of Mar]

I am liking all of the movies with historical contextcoming out in recent years. [Braveheart, Patriot, Passion, Hidalgo, LOTR]

[Moonman62]

“Her goals were never political and never went beyond avenging her slain husband and child. “She managed to bring together all of these warring tribes to stand against the Roman Empire.

Also, Gladiator with a bra.

[HamiltonJay]

Saw a british version of this story a few years ago, had the female surgeon from ER playing Buddica.... Roman's rued the day they raped her daughters.... She eventually loses of course, but she made hell for the Romans for a while.

[paleocon patriarch]

I hope that someday Mel tackles the story, of Hernan Cortez and the conquest of the Aztec empire.

[isom35]

that's all well and good, but come on Mel, get to work on Mad Max IV.

[Junior]

Her goals were never political and never went beyond avenging her slain husband and child.

I could've sworn it was because her two stepdaughters had been raped.

[goldstategop]

I love this new film. Mel Gibson has really found a new Patriot theme epic. It should quite well at the box office.

[Saturnalia]

Wait, does this mean the British are NOT evil in a Mel Gibson film?

[Hacksaw]

Speaking of this, did anyone watch "Spartacus"?

I thought it was good, but they managed to work in some digs at Bush - the manipulative and power hungry Roman senator taking command by saying "our national security is at stake" and saying "you are either with us or against us". It was so over the top that I doubt it will effect anyone.

[VaBthang4]

Casting Calls:

Natasha Henstridge anyone?

[FairWitness]

The Masterpiece Theatre Version:

Boudica
Britain's warrior queen is beautiful and serene, but spirited and strong-willed. As the story begins she is full of pride and love for her people -- especially her two daughters and her jaded warrior husband, Prasutagus. After his death, her daughters are raped in front of her by jeering Roman soldiers and she herself is brutally flogged and humiliated. Her response, as she sets out to reap revenge, earns the unswerving respect of her Iceni warriors.

Alex Kingston
Alex Kingston (Dr. Elizabeth Corday on E.R.) grew up outside London, and made her stage debut at the age of five, playing the Angel Gabriel in a nativity play. She landed her first professional role at the age of fifteen on the British television series Grange Hill. Kingston won a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and then worked in repertory theatres across England before joining the acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company.

[mandingo republican]

Wasn't Roman civilization good for early Britain as opposed to a bunch of barbaric blue faced berserkers?

I am reading a old book I bought at Amazon called the Last of the legions by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about the Roman garrisons leaving Britain and a year after the place being over run by barbarians.

Roman Britain was prob very interesting and ordered. I think a real civil British gentleman of the past (a dying breed of man) would rather choose the Pax Romana and Cicero over drunk fighting savages pillaging a monastery and killing.