"How Napoleon Assembled an All-Star Cast of Horse" Topic
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Tango01  | 18 Oct 2025 4:41 p.m. PST |
…Actors for Austerlitz
"I came away from Napoleon, Ridley Scott's terrifically ahistorical reimagining of the eponymous French general's life and battlefield escapades, with questions. Most of them—well, pretty much all of them—pertained to its gazillion horses. So, so, so many horses. Maybe I had equines on my mind apropos of Ken's horse obsession in Barbie, but it's all I could think about. I had finally become a horse guy. Just like Napoleon.
Turns out it's a family affair. The many, many horses of Napoleon were provided by sibling horsemasters Camilla and Daniel Naprous of equestrian film and TV company The Devil's Horsemen. (Think of Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer's characters in Nope, minus the ravenous alien ship.) The company was set up by Camilla and Daniel's dad Gerard in the early ‘70s, coming to provide equestri-actors for movies like 1987's The Princess Bride. Now the company averages around 30 productions a year, sometimes working on 6 or 7 at once…"
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Armand
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| IronDuke596 | 19 Oct 2025 6:19 a.m. PST |
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| Artilleryman | 19 Oct 2025 9:32 a.m. PST |
Interesting stuff but … Just when I think I have forgotten that film, it rears its head and the disappointment rises in my heart once again! |
| Tango01 | 19 Oct 2025 4:39 p.m. PST |
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marmont1814  | 20 Oct 2025 4:42 a.m. PST |
dont care the disappointment of this film is manifest, I wish it would go away for ever of all the films on Napoleon this is the worst ever |
| mildbill | 20 Oct 2025 8:54 a.m. PST |
Next Napoleonic game I am going to dig trenches and hide my guns in the trees under tarps! |
| Tango01 | 20 Oct 2025 4:27 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 21 Oct 2025 4:30 p.m. PST |
But… what about the horses in the movie?…
Armand
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goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
