Coming Soon got chatting with "Spartan" star Val Kilmer the other day and the man proved extremely forthcoming about his role as Alexander the Great's father King Philip in Oliver Stone's upcoming "Alexander".
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In regards to his character, Kilmer says "I was the big, drunken, fat happy king. King Philip. There's a party for his wedding where I kiss four other women, and my wife, Queen Olympias (played by Jolie) isn't even there.
Then on page 5, he rapes her. He hasn't been with her for a while, and they start fighting. I knock over her basket full of snakes, and the snakes are all over the floor. I then pull the sheets back when we're on the bed, and my five-year-old son, young Alexander, is in the bed. I'm so horrified that I leave.
All through the film, he thinks that Olympias is destroying his psyche, and she ends up doing that, which is kind of why he dies
I think Alexander will probably be his [Stone's] best film; it's the weirdest epic that you'll ever see! One thing that is amazing, and it's really well done, is that you go from his childhood, being taught by Aristotle, right through to his death at 37 or 38 years old "
Thanks to 'Edward'.
