The film "Troy": heroes and actors. "Troy": a brief description

A lot of beautiful movies were created on a historical theme shot on real events. One of these paintings - "Troy", the actors and roles of this historical drama displayed the events of the great Trojan War on the screen . The premiere took place in 2004 in May, in our days this story is still as exciting and popular, you can watch it more than once.
One of the brightest and most ambitious is the film "Troy", the actors with their beautiful game allowed viewers to move back to those distant times. The creators tried to glory, the direction simply genius, the operators - the real professionals, the composers with their wonderful creations harmoniously supplemented the overall impression of the spectacular spectacle. It turned out that he had collected all the best film "Troy", the actors in the best composition - gathered a whole star composition. This picture can be safely put on the list of film masterpieces in the classics of cinema.

Short description of the film "Troy"

The historical picture "Troy" was very popular with the audience, the actors reflected in it the real events that took place in 1193 BC. The plot is based on the war of two great worlds - Sparta and Troy, which flared up with a devouring flame because of Paris's love for Elena. For this criminal love, thousands of people will give their lives, and the greatest nation will burn to the ground ...

Beautiful heir to the throne of Troy Paris did not miss the opportunity to priudarit for another beauty, in the next port. But the beautiful Elena stole the heart of Paris, the guy realized that it was she who should become his wife. Only not free was a beauty, she has a husband - Menelaus, the king of Sparta. During the friendly visit of Troy's ambassadors led by Paris and Hector, Paris kidnaps Elena and takes her to Troy with her. The beautiful woman answered him in kind, but the lovers await with horror the consequences of their daring act.

The answer of the insulted Menelaus did not take long. His brother, King Agamemnon, stood up for his honor, who was even glad to be able to unleash a war against the Trojans. His army led by the invincible Achilles went to Troy and took the city in a terrible bloody siege for as long as ten years.

"Troy" - film: actors and roles

As mentioned earlier, the picture of "Troy" collected a whole star cast of remarkable talented actors, the success of the film mostly depended on their play:

• Brad Pitt - Achilles;
• Diane Kruger - Elena;
• Orlando Bloom - Paris;
• Eric Bana - Hector;
• Brendan Gleason is the king Menelaus, Helen's husband;
• Brian Cox - Agamemnon;
• Saffron Burroughs - Andromache, wife of Hector ;
• Sean Bean - Odysseus;
• Rose Byrne - Briseida;
• Garrett Hedland - Patroclus.

Brad Pitt as Achilles

Now Brad Pitt is a world-famous actor whose face has been on the covers of magazines many times. In his big list of cinematographic works in the forefront is the film "Troy", the actors who were filmed with him in this historical film were glad to work with such a professional.

Probably very few people know that before his starry hour Brad Pitt changed many classes, worked as a carrier of furniture and even beckoning to a restaurant. A successful breakthrough in his career was the role of a tramp in the film Thelma and Louise. After the release of the screens of this film, Brad woke up famous, he became one of the hottest Hollywood actors.

This handsome man several times included in the ratings of the sexiest stars in the history of cinema and the most beautiful men of the planet, he occupied there leading positions. Now Brad is actively withdrawing and trying to choose such roles that can fully reveal the non-standard, new facets of his acting skills. The actors ("Troy") were able to see and appreciate the possibilities of Brad Pitt on the shooting of the Trojan War in all its glory.

In order to play the role of Achilles, the actor had to give up smoking, since his coach said that if Brad continues to smoke, Achilles will not come out of it. For the sake of the role of the ancient hero, the actor went to such a sacrifice, from which he was later only pleased.

Male actors ("Troy"): Orlando Bloom and Eric Bana

The role of the enamored in Elena Beautiful Paris played the brown-eyed handsome and pet of the women Orlando Bloom. Actors ("Troy") were happy to receive in their team already known for many popular projects of the artist. He is now a "cool" guy, and as a child he had to fight with many complexes. The study was given hard, he suffered from disgraphy, because of which peers laughed at him. Naturally, the girls did not pay attention to him at all . The actor himself, remembering school difficult years, says that if he was cheekier and more confident in himself, his life would have been different. But at the present time Orlando Bloom is a well-known demanded film actor, which can be better, so that fate compensated the guy suffering during his teenage years.

Actors ("Troy") in their ranks had another talented man who played one of the leading roles - Eric Bana. This famous actor played Hector, the leader of the Trojans. Interestingly, the fact that Brad Pitt personally insisted that Eric was approved for this role, Pete's efforts were not in vain, Bana excellently coped with his work. Appearance of the actor could not be better suited for the role of Hector, Erik has a beautiful, manly face and growth is far from small - 189 cm. Although by the standards of his family he is considered low, since his own brother Anthony has a height of 203 cm. Family of giants!

Diane Kruger as Helen the Beautiful

German actress and fashion model Diane Kruger played in the Trojan history the role of Elena the Beautiful, because of which the fire of war broke out. This actress is really very beautiful and rightfully got a place in the film. This role was not given to her easily, she managed to circumvent more than 3,000 competitors at the casting. Diane's appearance helped and the fact that she was not yet a very famous actress, that's what the director needed.

Thanks to the film "Troy" Diane Kruger became famous, but for the sake of participating in this project she had to make some sacrifices. Wolfgang Petersen demanded that she gain an extra 6-7 kg of weight, so that her character looks on the screen round the corner. Elena the Beautiful had to match the classical Greek forms. After the shooting, Diane returned to her shapely figure and her 48 kg.

Interesting Facts

Shooting of such a large project could not pass without interesting details, some of them are presented to your attention:

1. The film "Troy" is based on an epic poem by Homer "Iliad".
2. The scenes of battles in the film reflect the confrontation of the characters exactly as Homer described it.
3. In the picture was shown the march of thousands of ships from Greece to Troy.
4. Before the shooting, Brad Pitt, who played the role of Achilles, for six months coached the technique of fighting with the sword. As a result of overly rigid training, the actor traumatized the Achilles tendon. Due to the trauma of the protagonist, the shootings were postponed for several weeks.