Rome’s Vorenus & Pullo Take Command In Hail Caesar
July 5, 2014 by brennon
Warlord Games have bought two heroes from the TV show Rome into the world of Hail Caesar. See what you think of both Pullo & Vorenus that have two different heads with both helmets and without...
These two were in fact actual historical figures from the writings of Julius Caesar so you even have some historical accuracy while showing the epic TV show some love. I think of the two styles I love the helmeted versions better mainly because it looks a bit better on the battlefield itself.
The two of them were fierce rivals to begin with but after an ill fated attack on an enemy camp the one rescued the other and were comrades in arms by the end of it. Maybe you could play out this epic fight on the tabletop?
What do you think?
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I wish they had made more of Rome – it was a great series.
I am resisting Hail Caesar simply because DUST and other things have eaten up the cash and I have no room left for anything else.
Yeah I loved Rome, but apparently it was just too expensive to make. I had hearted that the writers had planned a 5 season story arc, but when they were told that season 2 would be the last, they tried to cram in as much as possible, which is why season 2 feels so rushed. S2 was originally planned to end with the death of Brutus. The whole Anthony and Cleopatra story line (shoehorned into two episodes) was supposed to be the whole of season 3.
I think one of the problem with a series 3 was that the Rome set burnt down as well, and they couldn’t really afford to rebuild it
Don’t know where you heard that because it’s really not true. The sets still exist at the Italian studio in which they were built and have been used in several TV and film productions since.
The producers where told before they made Season 2 that there wouldn’t be any more, which is why they were able to rewrite it to end with Octavian’s rise to power in Rome.
Season 2 really did seem very rushed, especially the back half of the season. I remember seeing Octavia appear, suddenly with two kids? And the kids aren’t babies, they’re already running around the house giving her a hard time. Even Season 1 was pretty quick. Started with Alesia (that was Alesia, right?) and ended with Caesar’s assassination (SPOILER ALERT! 🙂 ) 52-44 BC = 8 years in Season 1. Season 2 picked up and ended after the Battle of Actium (31 BC), so covered at least 13 years. And didn’t Octavian’s official rise take place some time after Actium, making… Read more »
“I discovered halfway through writing the second season the show was going to end. The second was going to end with the death of Brutus. Third and fourth season would be set in Egypt. Fifth was going to be the rise of the messiah in Palestine. But because we got the heads-up that the second season would be it, I telescoped the third and fourth season into the second one, which accounts for the blazing speed we go through history near the end. There’s certainly more than enough history to go around”
Vorenus in his centurions helmet is an especially good likeness! Saw the actor who plays him on the Picadilly line once, he looked just as grim in real life lol
Thought these had come out quite some time ago. Definitely on my to-purchase list, big fan of the series.
They did a Macro and Cato from the Simon Scarrow books sometime ago, maybe your thinking of them
I was reading that a movie is being written and will feature both of the main characters again
This is the “Eagle” series of books? Please tell me that movie “The Eagle” wasn’t part of it, although Donald Sutherland is always awesome.
thankfully not! Scarrow’s Eagle Series has had the idea of a tv series or film floating around for years, the biggest difficulty is the budgets for these things as to really do the books justice you’d need a budget and a commitment as big as the Sharpe or Hornblower series’… Some books you have the Imperial Palace, scenes in the back streets of Rome, others, the Romans hitting the beaches in 43 AD, the forcing of the Thames (battle involving tens of thousands), fighting the Parthians, the Numidians in Egypt. Would be fantastic but you’d need a huge, huge budget… Read more »