Ridley Scott was so serious about having Napoleon filmed by the numbers that he emulated the military strategist, planning production like a general plotting out positions on a battlefield.Scott told Entertainment Weekly that production for Napoleon was so demanding he had to adopt military-style tactics during filming. He singled out Napoleon’s advance into Russia as one of the project’s most challenging scenes, but he was able to pull it off in collaboration with a capable team. “My team does marvelous military costumes like I’ve never seen before,” he said, teasing the film’s period-precise clothing. “The costumes are mind-blowing, and then I have a military expert for cause-and-effect battle sequences. That’s all coordinated. I plan it, in a funny kind of way, a little bit like a battle.”The director has helmed more than a handful of epic films, and with anticipation also high for Gladiator 2 it’s assuring to learn he’s not keen on micromanaging. “I can read all the books in the world on [Napoleon], but instead, because the film is such a large event, I rely on my very good team,” he said. This says a lot about Scott’s success with large-scale period films, with critically acclaimed movies like Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, and American Gangster to his credit. Napoleon appears to be a different beast, though, with Scott eager to release its 4.5-hour-long director’s edit.RELATED: Ridley Scott’s Napoleon Film Was Almost Made by Stanley Kubrick Decades Ago
Ridley Scott was so serious about having Napoleon filmed by the numbers that he emulated the military strategist, planning production like a general plotting out positions on a battlefield.
Scott told Entertainment Weekly that production for Napoleon was so demanding he had to adopt military-style tactics during filming. He singled out Napoleon’s advance into Russia as one of the project’s most challenging scenes, but he was able to pull it off in collaboration with a capable team. “My team does marvelous military costumes like I’ve never seen before,” he said, teasing the film’s period-precise clothing. “The costumes are mind-blowing, and then I have a military expert for cause-and-effect battle sequences. That’s all coordinated. I plan it, in a funny kind of way, a little bit like a battle.”
The director has helmed more than a handful of epic films, and with anticipation also high for Gladiator 2 it’s assuring to learn he’s not keen on micromanaging. “I can read all the books in the world on [Napoleon], but instead, because the film is such a large event, I rely on my very good team,” he said. This says a lot about Scott’s success with large-scale period films, with critically acclaimed movies like Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, and American Gangster to his credit. Napoleon appears to be a different beast, though, with Scott eager to release its 4.5-hour-long director’s edit.
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