Immortals - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[lonnie]

There was a big breakout of chest acne amongst the male cast members, due to the waxing of their chests for the shirtless scenes. Stephen Dorff (Stavros) said he preferred to use an electric razor instead.

[mathew]

Early on, Theseus is said to be on an "odyssey", the title of another definitive Greek myth.

[aaron]

Although this movie's plot has a recurring theme of faith in God(s) being preferable to having no faith, Tarsem Singh is an atheist.

[jim]

Early titles included "Dawn of War" and "War of the Gods".

[violet]

Kaniehtiio Horn (High Priestess #3) and Tyler Hynes (a slave) both went on to have roles on the Canadian television series Letterkenny (2016), as Tanis and Dierks respectively.

[caroline]

When he was editing, Tarsem Singh set his action to a guide track from The Pillars of the Earth (2010). He felt that the score seemed to blend in very well with his vision, so when it came to choosing a composer for this movie, Trevor Morris was the natural choice.

[linda]

Henry Cavill, who is naturally hairy, had to shave his torso for this movie. He said that shaving had its advantages, as he was able to see all of the muscle definition that he had achieved for the role.

[clayton]

The story is very loosely based on Greek mythology, combining elements of various myths. In the myths, Theseus was King of Athens (the capital of Greece) and (in some versions) a son of Poseidon (Greek god of sea and Zeus' brother), although his legal father was King Aegeus of Athens (namesake of the Aegean Sea). Theseus killed the Minotaur (a creature with the body of a man and a head of a bull imprisoned in a labyrinth, depicted here as a man with a helmet made of wires and horns) with the help of Princess Ariadne, whom he later married. King Hyperion is from a different myth, and was the name of one of the twelve Titans. There were only twelve Titans in the myths, and they were immortal and unkillable. There was a war in the heavens, and the Titans lost. Zeus then threw them into Tartarus, which is represented as a mountain in this movie, but in the old myths, was a cave at the center of the Earth with minor similarities to Hell, to be imprisoned for all eternity. Epirus Bow doesn't exist in any mythology, but it might be inspired by the bow of Heracles, a.k.a. Hercules, which was used by the Greeks to defeat Troy in the great war. (Epirus was a Greek kingdom in what is now Albania, and was home to King Pyrrhus of "pyrrhic victory" fame.) The movie's version of Theseus might be partially inspired by Heracles, a.k.a. Hercules, a son of Zeus who was the only hero to ascend to Olympus to rule with the Gods. Phaedra was the sister of Princess Ariadne, and the second wife to Theseus. She was not a seer. Acamas was the son of Phaedra and Theseus, but wasn't a seer either. Theseus was murdered in his old age, but not in a battle, and he did not ascend. Hoplite was the ancient Greek title for soldiers in ancient Greek states. Heraklion is a capital of the Greek island of Crete, and there were never any military formations with that title. In the Theseus story, Crete had its capital at Knossos, and its ruler was the cruel King Minos (father of Ariadne and Phaedra), who was the basis for this movie's Hyperion. Sibyl was the ancient Roman title for prophetesses. There were twelve Olympian gods and goddesses, and they were immortal and unkillable as well.

[russell]

Luke Evans (Zeus) appeared as Zeus' son Apollo in Clash of the Titans (2010).

[lonnie]

The bronze bull, originally called the "Brazen Bull", a torture device used by King Hyperion for cooking people to death in the movie, was an actual torture and execution device in ancient Greece.

[jesus]

In one scene, Theseus consecutively fires four arrows, which then go on to hit their respective targets simultaneously. This is a one-to-one re-creation of a scene in House of Flying Daggers (2004).

[jeffrey]

Henry Cavill (Theseus) noted that there was a healthy competition on-set amongst all of the male actors, as all of them had to appear shirtless, and all wanted to look his best in front of the camera. He said that they would have friendly "best abs contests" to determine "who had the best abs". Luke Evans (Zeus) said that Cavill was definitely the one to beat.

[fred]

Freida Pinto (Phaedra) used a body double for her nude sex scene with Henry Cavill (Theseus).

[linda]

Joseph Morgan and Daniel Sharman appeared on The Originals (2013).

[carla]

Henry Cavill said he felt very stressed out leading up to the filming of his shirtless scenes for the movie. He would wake up every morning and look into the mirror and think "Can I still see the veins in my abs?" He said he did look good enough, but felt a lot of pressure because he wanted to completely deliver on the shape for which director Tarsem Singh had asked (a full eight-pack of abs).

[carla]

To achieve the effect of gods moving much quicker than humans, those scenes were shot at one thousand frames per second.

[lena]

When Henry Cavill signed on to play the lead role of Theseus, the movie did not even have a finished script yet.

[gerald]

Mickey Rourke was in negotiations to play Conan's father in Conan the Barbarian (2011), but eventually chose to do this movie instead, and Ron Perlman took the role of Conan's father.

[leo]

The filmmakers stated that they chose to change many aspects of the ancient Greek stories to reflect the fact that the Greeks often revised their mythology to conform to new ideas and knowledge. One aspect of this movie, which is specifically addressed in the special features, is having Zeus (Luke Evans) and Poseidon (Kellan Lutz) appear as young men rather than old men.