300 Interviews (Audio Files)

300 Interviews (Audio Files)


Film Detail.com



March 23, 2007


by Ambrose Heron



Recently I met up with some of the cast and crew of 300.

Director Zack Synder discussed how he became involved in the project, why Warner Brothers may have been reluctant to make it after Troy and Alexander, plus the challenges of adapting Frank Miller’s graphic novel to the screen.

Gerard Butler plays King Leonidas, the leader of the 300 soldiers who take on the Persian army. We spoke about how he first heard about the project and his thoughts on the finished film.

Rodrigo Santoro plays Xerxes, the Persian King who leads his army of a million soldiers against the 300 Spartans. He is a Brazilian actor who you may remember seeing as Laura Linney’s object of affection in Love Actually. I spoke with him about his character and the difficulties of acting against blue screens whilst the effects were added in later.

And finally I spoke to Lena Headey, who plays Queen Gorgo, the Spartan queen who has to deal with the treacherous intrigue at home whilst her husband battles the Persians. We spoke about her role and the unexpected box office success of the film in the US.


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