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* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: The stunt coordinator for the 1959 version was the legendary veteran stuntman/director Yakima Canutt; his son Joe was one of the stunt charioteers standing in for Heston. Joe is the one you see driving -- and nearly flipped right out of the chariot -- as the horses jump some wreckage in their path. That was unplanned, and Wyler kept it in, putting in a shot of Heston climbing back into place. Joe was unharmed. |
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* [[What Could Have Been]]: Behold: [[Leslie Nielsen]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7rnbSbakhA as Messala!] |
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Behold: [[Leslie Nielsen]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7rnbSbakhA as Messala!] |
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Revision as of 20:56, 18 June 2014
- Enforced Method Acting: The stunt coordinator for the 1959 version was the legendary veteran stuntman/director Yakima Canutt; his son Joe was one of the stunt charioteers standing in for Heston. Joe is the one you see driving -- and nearly flipped right out of the chariot -- as the horses jump some wreckage in their path. That was unplanned, and Wyler kept it in, putting in a shot of Heston climbing back into place. Joe was unharmed.
- Fake Nationality
- What Could Have Been: Behold: Leslie Nielsen as Messala!