Colin Farrell Names The 'Most Dangerous' Scene Of His Career: 'They Wouldn't Do It Now'

Colin Farrell at the premiere of his new film A 'Big Bold Beautiful Journey earlier this monthColin Farrell has opened up about the intense time filming Oliver Stone’s 2004 epic historical drama Alexander.The actor – in a joint interview with his A Big Bold Beautiful Journey co-star Margot Robbie for Collider — revealed that the Battle of Gaugmela scene was the “hardest sequence” of his career, noting that it was shot over four weeks in the desert of Morocco.After Margot asked if the sequence involved elephants, Colin then clarified that shooting the Battle ofthe Hydaspes was “the most dangerous thing” he’s “ever been a part of”.“They would say ‘action’ and there was eight head of elephant, 200 head of horse and 800 background, 800 foreground, 800 Thai men who would move,” Colin explained.“Wow, that’s crazy!” Robbie remarked.He continued: “Eight elephants, 200 horses and 800 men would go on ‘action’.“One guy broke his leg on horseback, that was it, nobody died. It was a miracle. You couldn’t do it, they wouldn’t do it now.”Colin starred as Alexander the Great in the 2004 epic, which featured an all-star cast that included Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson and Anthony Hopkins.Alexander — which was in development for 16 years prior to its release — is considered to be a box office failure, grossing $167 million globally against its $155 million budget.Colin Farrell said one shot of Alexander couldn't be made todaydURING an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2023, Colin said he and others with Alexander had tuxedos ready for an award show run and expected the film would be “off to the Oscars” before negative press began to trickle in.“I was like, ‘Holy shit.’ I thought, ‘What can I do?’ I felt so much shame,” said Colin of criticism toward the film, which received six nominations at the 2005 Golden Raspberry Awards.He added that the reception caused him to question himself as an actor, which eventually led him to “plug back into” the person he was when he walked into an acting class at age 17.“I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to reconnect with the simplicity that should never leave the core of what we do,” he said.READ MORE:Barry Keoghan Gets Very Candid About His Time Living With Colin Farrell: 'I Was A Nuisance'Colin Farrell Shares The Emotional Reason He’s Seeking Long-Term Care For His Disabled SonColin Farrell 'Fought Valiantly' To Keep One Of The Penguin's Trademarks In The Batman, To No Avail

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