Ben-Hur

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1. #001

   Director Timur Bekmambetov insisted that the chariot circus be physically built and realized with as little computer-generated imagery as possible. He felt it was absolutely essential to make the chariot race look and feel realistic.

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2. #002

   Tom Hiddleston was offered the lead role. He chose to make Kong: Skull Island (2017) instead.

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3. #003

   To capture the stormy feel of the race, the crew recorded hoofbeats by attaching microphones to the horses and buried GoPro cameras in the sand. Cameras were also placed on the chariots and the people; one of them was mounted on a soccer ball in the middle of the track as the horses ran over it. The two lead actors did most of their driving without injury. Each driver wore Kevlar under his costume.

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4. #004

   Farcy is a highly contagious, fatal animal disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia mallei. It is also highly contagious and deadly to humans (in humans the disease is called Glanders and has a startling mortality rate even with modern treatment). The horse Coal has no chance of recovery, or of improvement in any way, and keeping it alive with such a diagnosis would have meant the death of not only the horses but of all the people around it. To date, the only treatment is extremely rapid detection and rapid, prolonged, intensive, specific modern antibiotic therapy, usually accompanied by quarantine. At that time (and up to the 1900s), the only effective way to manage Farcy and Glanders was to quickly cull everyone who contracted the disease and everyone who had contact with or proximity to the infected. The bacterium is dangerous enough to have a storied history as a biological weapon throughout human history, including in recent periods such as both World Wars and the Cold War. Glanders continues to be classified by health authorities as a Tier 1 Select Agent / Category B biothreat due to its high aerosol infectivity, high mortality rate and the absence of effective countermeasures such as vaccines for humans or other animals.

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5. #005

   This version of the story is 87 minutes shorter than the previous version, Ben-Hur (1959).

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6. #006

   William Wyler, who directed Ben-Hur (1959), was a close friend of John Huston, the grandfather of this film's star, Jack Huston.

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7. #007

   In 1977, while being interviewed to promote Gray Lady Down (1978), Charlton Heston stated that he would be happy to appear in a remake of Ben-Hur (1959), but only if his character ended up dying.

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8. #008

   Gal Gadot was initially cast as Esther. She dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

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9. #009

   Morgan Freeman provides some narration at the beginning and end of the film. He recorded most of it from his home in Clarksdale, MS.

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10. #010

    Pedro Pascal was initially cast as Pontius Pilate. Both Pascal and Pilou Asbæk appeared in Game of Thrones (2011), Asbæk as Euron Greyjoy and Pascal as the Prince of Dorne, Oberyn. James Cosmo played Jeor Mormont.

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11. #011

    The film was first scheduled to be released on February 26, 2016. In October 2015 it was pushed back to August 12, 2016.

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12. #012

    The Christian group For King & Country made a music video inspired by this film. The song is titled "Ceasefire".

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13. #013

    Sofia Boutella, Moran Atias and Natalia Warner were considered for the role of Esther.

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14. #014

    Olivia Cooke was initially offered the role of Ben-Hur's sister, Tirzah.

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15. #015

    Ayelet Zurer and Morgan Freeman had previously appeared together in Last Knights (2015).

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