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Clash of the Titans

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23 Interesting Facts About Clash of the Titans

Interesting Facts (16)

  1. #001

    The language of the Djinn is actually Arabic.

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  2. #002

    Sam Worthington's sandals are actually Nike Trainers with painted toes. He did not wear sandals because he needed the shoes to perform the stunts well.

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  3. #003

    In Greek mythology, Io is Perseus's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother and a former lover of his father, Zeus.

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  4. #004

    The Stygian Witches were actually played by men.

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  5. #005

    While chasing Calibos, the characters enter through the Winged Bulls gate of the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II. The bulls are now in the Louvre.

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  6. #006

    Perseus was initially conceived as a younger, slimmer man. Louis Leterrier had seen Sam Worthington in Somersault (2004) and thought he would be ideal, so he was somewhat surprised when he met Worthington, as the actor had grown considerably in size due to his roles in Avatar (2009) and Terminator Salvation (2009).

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  7. #007

    Temperatures in the regions of Ethiopia often reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit (48.9 degrees Celsius).

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  8. #008

    The volcano scenes were shot at the Dinorwic Slate Quarry in Wales. It is a famous location used for fantasies such as Willow (1988) and Street Fighter (1994).

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  9. #009

    Concept designer Aaron Sims considers Medusa the hardest task to design: "Are they all the same snake in her hair? Do they look more like hair? Are they different in silhouette or light? And how much of a human face is there, or does it look more like a snake? I worked on one design and people said it reminded them of Lord Voldemort because he had no nose. You have to be careful, so it still looks like an original idea."

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  10. #010

    Gemma Arterton could not return as Io in the sequel Wrath of the Titans (2012) because she was committed to Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013). The script was rewritten to say that Io had died and that Perseus decided not to let Zeus resurrect her again.

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  11. #011

    Muse lead vocalist Matt Bellamy was initially hired to do the music, but he left halfway through to concentrate on touring with his band.

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  12. #012

    In an interview, Sam Worthington stated that Perseus was supposed to start the film with long hair but cut it short before setting out on his journey. This idea was set aside because they felt the scene did not work, and Perseus was given short hair throughout the entire film.

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  13. #013

    In Greek mythology, Perseus and Andromeda had seven sons, one of whom was Perses, held to be the ancestor of the Persian emperors and the figure from whom the name "Persia" is presumed to derive. Io (in Greek mythology, Perseus's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandmother) was portrayed by Gemma Arterton, who appeared as the love interest of a Persian prince in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010).

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  14. #014

    Alexander Siddig (Hermes) was quite dismissive of the film in a 2015 interview with the AV Club. He said sarcastically: "Oh, yes. One of my finest. One of my finest. I have so many stories about that experience, I don't even know where to begin." After he burst out laughing, he continued by saying, "That was probably the worst film I've ever been in. I mean, you know, there are times when you're inept and I must have been crap, because I think I had one minute more of performance that wasn't in the film. So fifty percent of my performance was cut and… yeah, there's not much you can say about that."

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  15. #015

    WILHELM SCREAM: When the army is killed by Hades at the castle.

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  16. #016

    The film's screenplay appeared on the 2007 Black List, the list of the year's "most liked" unproduced screenplays.

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Behind the Scenes (3)

  1. #017

    Dame Emma Thompson nearly caused an accident while visiting her friend Liam Neeson on set without appearing in the film. Thompson, who was shooting Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010) on an adjacent soundstage, went to visit Neeson during a break just as he was about to film a scene with Ralph Fiennes and Danny Huston. When the cameras started rolling, Thompson could not get off the set quickly enough and, in her clumsy Nanny McPhee costume, had to hide behind Huston's throne during the take to avoid being caught on camera.

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  2. #018

    According to Louis Leterrier, the film was supposed to end with Perseus and Andromeda coming together (as in all previous tellings of the Perseus story), and Perseus and Io's relationship was entirely platonic. However, the studio disliked this idea and the film was reshot so that Perseus and Io end up together.

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  3. #019

    Louis Leterrier wore a green suit for the green-screen scenes so that he could play the role of the Kraken.

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Deeper Meaning (4)

  1. #020

    Although there are different versions of the Perseus story in Greek mythology, the film departs from all of them at certain points. Perseus flies to an island using the winged sandals he borrowed from Hermes, and Medusa was only one of three Gorgons (that is, half-woman, half-snake creatures with snakes for hair; the other two were named Stheno and Euryale).

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  2. #021

    Despite the film's mythological nature, its sets and costumes drew heavily on real Minoan (Crete, c. 2700-1450 BC) archaeology. The characters' long, curly hair appears in palace frescoes at Knossos and elsewhere. The layered dresses of the dancing girls in the palace of Argos are PG-13 versions of the costumes of the Snake Goddess figurines found in the same palace area. Andromeda's final costume features an almost perfect copy of the Bee Pendant from Malia around her neck; the only difference is that the film version is made of silver rather than the original gold.

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  3. #022

    In classical mythology, Danae was the daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos. She became pregnant by Zeus, who visited her in the form of a shower of gold, and their child was Perseus. In the film, Danae is Acrisius's wife, and Zeus impregnates her while disguised as the king.

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  4. #023

    According to this film's mythology, the Kraken was supposed to be the last of its kind. The Kraken does not originate in Greek mythology; in the original story, Andromeda is threatened by a monster known as Cetus.

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