Modern Interpretation of Ancient Texts

The language as well is very modern it's

a very contemporary easy to access way of speaking I mean you say

dad rather than father Sure I mean what's the thinking

behind that Because I wouldn't have even said father back in the day would I

I wouldn't have been Greek so it's no less correct People bring you know

when you look at this world when you look at the ancient world people tend

to view it in weird ways There's a lot of cultural prejudice there's a lot of

elevating it because it's old you know whatever it is When you go to the poem what

you find is something that's really earthy and grounded and accessible

And so for me in building the world of the film what

I talk to all the actors about is like I just want to center it on that and make it

feel very fresh for

modern audiences And do away with some of those assumptions

that aren't based on anything logical They're just as I say cultural prejudices or

things over time There's a lot of

stylistically you know aesthetically

people tend to look back to the Romantic era and art A lot of the paintings

where you know people aren't wearing very much They've got a little bed sheet

wrapped around them or whatever it is A lot of classical architecture even though

that wasn't the architecture of the Mycenaean period and things like that

So you know we

went back to what's in the archaeology what does that tell us and what gaps

does that leave What do we know about

Homer's time How were things portrayed in the earliest possible portrayals of that

And looking at how do you create a consistent and accessible world

around that feels vital and credible and exciting to be in