Jack Houston talks about movieing Ben Hur
Jack Houston, the leading actor in the remake of the movie "Ben-Hur", spoke in an interview with USA Today about working with USA director Timur Bekmambetov, as well as about the differences between the new version and the classic. According to the actor, the most difficult episode of the chariot race, for which he and his colleague Toby Kebbell were preparing for two and a half months. “We started with two horses harnessed to a chariot, and it was already complete madness. And then there were four, and there was a feeling of driving Formula 1 cars. It's exciting and incredibly scary at the same time. But after the first day of shooting, when I was every for a second I thought that I would die, I had to pull myself together and convince myself that this is part of my job, "said Houston. As a result, according to the actor, "the race has become a real diamond of the project." The main difference between the new movie adaptation is that the plot is much closer to the literary source, and the timing of the picture is much less than the classic version of 1959. Recall that the novel takes place in Judea, when the country was under Roman rule. The main character is Judas Ben-Hur, who, due to the betrayal of a friend, falls into slavery, and then saves the Roman patrician and becomes his adopted son. Returning to his homeland, he seeks to avenge the betrayal, as well as to find his mother and sister. The Topic of Article: Jack Houston talks about movieing Ben Hur. |
