{"id":27547,"date":"2015-02-04T12:29:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T20:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=27547"},"modified":"2015-02-04T16:54:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T00:54:05","slug":"whos-holding-the-bow-arrow-in-these-new-ben-hur-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2015\/02\/whos-holding-the-bow-arrow-in-these-new-ben-hur-pics.html","title":{"rendered":"Who’s holding the bow & arrow in these new Ben-Hur<\/i> pics?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Filming on the new version of Ben-Hur<\/a><\/i> began in Italy last Monday, and pictures from the set have begun to pop up. The Gazzetta Del Sud<\/a><\/i> has a rather low-res photo of extras in costume standing outdoors in Matera \u2014 a town that has been featured in a number of Bible movies going back to The Gospel According to St. Matthew<\/a><\/i> \u2014 and now the Daily Mail<\/a><\/i> has pictures of a few of the movie\u2019s stars in character.<\/p>\n

The first thing we notice is that Jack Huston will apparently be the first actor to play Judah Ben-Hur with a beard during the non-slave part of the story.<\/p>\n

The next thing that comes to mind \u2014 given the position of the actors and the fact that other actors dressed as Roman soldiers were riding horses below \u2014 is that they were probably filming the scene in which a tile slips from Judah\u2019s house, thus injuring the Roman governor and leading to the punishment of both Judah and his family.<\/p>\n

But then you notice the person with the bow and arrow in this<\/i> shot:<\/p>\n

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What is going on here?<\/p>\n

It seems a safe bet that director Timur Bekmambetov, who specializes in stylized violence, is going to make a more action-oriented version of this story than we\u2019ve seen before. (It already seems pretty clear that he\u2019s going to beef up the role<\/a> of one of the rebels who were crucified with Jesus \u2014 and come to think of it, the person holding the bow and arrow could<\/i> be Mois\u00e9s Arias, the actor who is playing that rebel.)<\/p>\n

So my guess is that, in this<\/i> version of the story, Judah and his family are punished not just<\/i> because a tile slipped from their roof, but because a Zealot or some such person was inconveniently spotted close to them at the time of the accident.<\/p>\n

As ever, though, we shall see.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/b> The Daily Mail<\/i> has some new photos<\/a> that show Judah Ben-Hur and his love interest Esther, played by Nazanin Boniadi, wearing modern-looking pants:<\/p>\n

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