Subject: David Warner returns to Rome this Sunday!
Author: Suky
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] Date Posted:19:54:48 10/31/06 Tue
After playing (and winning an Emmy as) the nefarious Falco in Masada, it looks like DW will once again be playing a Roman in the brand-new docudrama, "The Battle for Rome," according to TVNow. (Somehow this slipped by the IMDb! Although it shows up on Michael Sheen's filmography under its British title "The Rise and Fall of an Empire"; he plays Nero. Wish I could figure out who DW plays!) It's a six-part series premiering this Sunday, November 5 (in the U.S.) at 8 p.m. EST on the Discovery Channel--three episodes in a row, and apparently the other three will air the following Sunday (but without either of the aforementioned actors, alas). Unfortunately, the Discovery Channel site is totally unnavigable and almost crashed my computer; otherwise, I'd try to get more info there. But here's a short Yahoo article about the broadcast:
(It looks like they're being shown out of order on Discovery for some reason; it starts off at 8 with the Tiberius Gracchus episode.)
So nobody's playing Caligula, huh? That's too bad since Michael Sheen got some rave reviews for his stage rendition a couple years back; wish I could travel back in time to see that! But then I'm actually reading a book on Caligula right now, and Nero was apparently far more depraved than his infamous uncle, so this could be even more interesting! I just hope DW gets a good role in this one; I wish he was playing Tiberius.
Date Posted:20:30:23 11/06/06 Mon
Did anybody watch the show? I was kind of half-watching it (I recorded it to watch later, when I'm less distracted), but DW had a decent-sized role, playing what amounted to Tiberius Gracchus's advisor/mentor. Here's an official BBC write-up about the series:
