Immortals
Short description
In ancient Greece, the ruthless King Hyperion leads his army across the land, leaving destruction in his wake as he searches for a legendary bow forged by Ares. With it, he intends to free the Titans imprisoned beneath Mount Tartarus and destroy both the gods and humanity. Since divine law forbids the gods from interfering in human affairs, Zeus chooses the mortal Theseus to stand against Hyperion. Theseus, who wants revenge for the death of his mother, joins forces with the priestess Phaedra, the warrior Stavros and a small band of followers to confront the king and his forces.
Immortals was directed by Tarsem Singh, its release following The Cell and The Fall in his filmography. The screenplay is by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides, and the cast includes Henry Cavill as Theseus, Mickey Rourke as Hyperion, Stephen Dorff, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans as Zeus and John Hurt as Old Zeus. It was produced by Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton and Ryan Kavanaugh, with 60 credited cast members and 66 credited crew members.
Made for 75 million dollars, the film took 227 million dollars worldwide, a strong return on its production budget. Audiences are divided: it holds 6 out of 10 on IMDb from 183,000 votes and 6.1 out of 10 on TMDB from far fewer votes. A critics' rating of 5.4 out of 10 from 136 reviews places professional opinion slightly below the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- Every morning before filming began, Henry Cavill (who played Theseus) applied dark-colored cream to his skin.
- For the role of Zeus, actor Luke Evans lost almost 14 kg in seven weeks.
- Working titles for the film were 'War of the Gods' and 'Dawn of War'.
- Every day before filming began, Henry Cavill did 2,000 push-ups.
- Once all agreements regarding filming were reached, and only some financial matters remained to be discussed, there were still six months before the start of filming. Henry Cavill immediately began intensive training, even though the producers warned him that there was no money for his instructors yet. Cavill decided to pay them out of his own pocket until funding was found. Six months passed, the start of filming was approaching, and Cavill was told that money for the instructors had not been found and that he should stop training. The actor did so. Another six months passed, and Cavill was informed that funding had finally been found and that he could start training again. Cavill started training again to get in shape, but the funding stopped again. Cavill was asked to hold off on training for a while. When, after some time, a new source of funding was found and it was decided to contact Cavill to tell him about it, it turned out that he hadn't stopped training the last time.
- To make it seem like the gods move much faster than mortals, scenes with them were filmed at 1,000 frames per second.
- The bronze bull, a torture device of King Hyperion in the film, actually existed and was used in ancient Greece.
- In the scene where Theseus plunges a knife into Hyperion’s throat, the latter’s blood gushes out. In the next shot, the blood is gone, and then it appears again.
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