Intervista a Rob Tapert e Sam Raimi

Partners for many years, Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert were the Executive Producers of the landmark syndicated series Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: Legendary Journeys, which both ran for six seasons. In 2002, Raimi and Tapert formed Ghost House Pictures which was dedicated to the development of high-concept genre films; their impressive roster of releases include, The Grudge, 30 Days of Night, Boogeyman and Drag Me to Hell.

Leggete l'intervista qui:
http://filmreviewonline.com/2010/01/01/spartacus-blood-and-sand-sam-raimi-rob-tapert/

Rob menziona Lucy:

Citazione :

People sometimes describe the Xena and Hercules time as being a really fun time, because you guys were away from Hollywood and making up your own rules and doing a different kind of show. Was it a special time for you?


Rob Tapert: Yes, and we knew at the time that that would never, ever happen again. We had pretty much untold creative freedom, so it was wonderful. It was a time to do something different.

Lucy (Lawless, Tapert’s wife, who plays Lucretia in the series) and I went out to dinner with her lawyer, who said, ‘You know, every five to seven years you should sell your house, change everything, and do something different.’ So Sam and I built a company dedicated to horror films, and that was wonderful and challenging.

And then Spartacus was really a chance to tell something that was entirely different than what Herc and Xena was. It’s serious, it’s dramatically moving, it always strives to be genuine. It embraces a lot of what I loved about Rome, what I loved about The Sopranos and Deadwood. So it’s part of a natural evolution.

indubbiamente in Spartacus verrà approfondito e messo sullo schermo tutto quello che non abbiamo visto negli episodi di Xena ambientati nell'antica Roma . Mi vengono in mente heart of darkness e l'episodio del lussurioso caligola .
In questo senso approfondiranno certi aspetti più crudi e reali della ns bella città (yupp!) eliminando completamente il mix col fantasy , qui solo marginale ....probabilmente ci saranno cenni sulle divinità o altro ma nn mi aspetto di vedere Venus che schiocca le dita e scompare magicamente

Cenni agli dei ce ne sono, ma gli dei stessi non si vedono in carne ossa come in Xena o in Hercules. Però in alcune occasioni i personaggi ne parlano.
Lucretia ad esempio ha una particolare devozione agli dei da quello che ho visto in una scena

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