Rope of Silicon just landed another in-depth report from their Thai spy right in the midst of action on the "Alexander" set where the climactic battle scenes set in India are begin filmed (and it sounds like history's version of events might be a little different than expected). Here's a glimpse at the coolest bits:
"The shooting covers a span of eight days, all of which were battle scenes and Colin Farrell was involved at full tilt playing the role of Alexander the Great. Other notables on hand were Jared Leto, Rory McCann, Ian Beattie, and Elliot Cowan.
The first scenes that were shot involved the attack on the elephants by the Macedonians that I described in my first set report as the choppers are led by Antigonus into battle against the elephants, only this time the elephants were there in full force...that was not the only part the elephants played as the major portion of the shoot was dedicated to the massive battle toward the end of the film involving Persians, Macedonians, Ethiopians, the Indians, and more.
By the sound of the battle scenes it seems as if the elephants are absolutely magnificent! The "elephants would run full speed at our battalion only to stop on a dime, grab a spear out of our hands and snap it with there trunks, one time they had a elephant knock over a real tree, one time the elephant was gutted (They had this huge rubber intestine that they fixed to the elephants belly that when touched fell down all bloody and nasty).
An Indian prince was throwing spears from atop an elephant, and one time an elephant stomped someone’s head (They had a mannequin with a head made of plaster and was filled with blood and brain looking stuff, then they had a fake elephant leg stomp on the head of the mannequin for the close-up while a pile of steaming intestines lay next to it)".
Sounds sweet. The full report can be found here but be warned, it reveals the fate of several characters and much about the final scenes of the film.
