Kevin McKidd on Rome movie

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Venice Mag: For me, “Rome” was one of the best television series of the last decade. You keep hearing rumblings that they’re going to do a movie version of it. Do you think that could really happen?

Kevin McKidd: It definitely could. The show’s creator Bruno Heller and its producer Anne Thomopoulos loved the idea of how these lowly Roman soldiers mess with history. So they’re very much gung-ho to make it happen this summer. So keep your fingers crossed, because things are very hard in the movie business. It’s all about finding the right backing. But there’s definitely an intention, and a script. The key thing is the desire of the cast, those whose characters aren’t dead yet, to go back to it. We’re all very excited about the idea, because these characters are so vibrant that they deserve another outing.

Venice Mag: Next to Maximus at the end of Gladiator, your Lucius Vorenus probably will have the most difficult time reasoning how he could have survived for a sequel.

Kevin McKidd: I remember how we shot the scene where I’m on my deathbed, and reconciling things with my daughter. We played the scene, and I closed my eyes, with the idea that we fade to black. But there was a lot of talking on the set. And I’m lying there with white makeup on my face. Then our producer John Melfi comes up to me and says, “Okay, let’s do one more take, but this time, don’t close your eyes.” And that’s what ended up on the show, with the scene fading to white. So when Lucius’ friend Titus says that he didn’t make it, he’s in fact covering for him. Because the idea is he and Vorenus have disappeared into the Rhineland in Germany, where they’re living in a mud hut until things cool off. And that’s where the movie picks up.

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