Famed director Ridley Scott recently hit back at critics who picked apart historical inaccuracies in film.Speaking with The New Yorker, Alien director Ridley Scott brushed off comments calling out inaccuracies in the Napoleon trailer. In a TikTok video posted by TV historian Dan Snow, Snow points out that Marie-Antoinette “famously had very cropped hair for the execution, and, hey, Napoleon wasn’t there,” as well as the fact that “Napoleon didn’t shoot at the pyramids” during the Battle of the Pyramids. Scott tersely responded, “Get a life.”While Scott’s words seem harsh, the director definitely took measures to maintain a relative level of accuracy (although perhaps not as much as Snow would like). Napoleon scholar and Oxford professor Michael Broers was called to advice Scott on the French icon’s history, specifically on the elements of battle. According to Broers, Scott “saw at eye-level” in picturing battle scenes, and studied battle maps with him. The professor also commented on the parallels between Scott and Napoleon himself when in their element: “[Scott’s] not un-Napoleonic himself,” said Broers. “When he’s there, he’s in charge, and you have complete confidence in him. He dishes it out, and he can take it.”How Normal People Convinced Ridley Scott to Cast Paul Mescal as Gladiator 2 Lead
Famed director Ridley Scott recently hit back at critics who picked apart historical inaccuracies in film.
Speaking with The New Yorker, Alien director Ridley Scott brushed off comments calling out inaccuracies in the Napoleon trailer. In a TikTok video posted by TV historian Dan Snow, Snow points out that Marie-Antoinette “famously had very cropped hair for the execution, and, hey, Napoleon wasn’t there,” as well as the fact that “Napoleon didn’t shoot at the pyramids” during the Battle of the Pyramids. Scott tersely responded, “Get a life.”
While Scott’s words seem harsh, the director definitely took measures to maintain a relative level of accuracy (although perhaps not as much as Snow would like). Napoleon scholar and Oxford professor Michael Broers was called to advice Scott on the French icon’s history, specifically on the elements of battle. According to Broers, Scott “saw at eye-level” in picturing battle scenes, and studied battle maps with him. The professor also commented on the parallels between Scott and Napoleon himself when in their element: “[Scott’s] not un-Napoleonic himself,” said Broers. “When he’s there, he’s in charge, and you have complete confidence in him. He dishes it out, and he can take it.”
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