Whether live action or animation, epic frescoes that recount the life of Moses are not uncommon in cinema. Among the most famous, The Ten Commandments (1958), The Prince of Egypt (1998) and of course Ridley Scott’s Speech: Gods and Kings.
Released in theaters in 2014, this epic recounts the life of Moses, taking some liberties and not forgetting the main issues. And to play this biblical character, none other than Christian Bale has been roped in.
Ramses will be played by Joel Edgerton (Dark Matter), his parents John Turturro (The O’Brothers) and Sigourney Weaver (Alien), and Joshua, Moses’ servant, by Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad).
And who says peplum, says impressive settings (especially with the reconstruction of ancient buildings), mythical battles (with a panoramic view of the battlefields), intoxicating soundtrack (composed by the Spaniard Alberto Iglesias) and characters charismatic.
Ingredients that the director Ridley Scott He knows how to use it perfectly, to whom we owe one of the greatest epics of all time: Gladiator (and whose Gladiator II hits theaters on November 13, 2024).
Get out the Batman cape, say hello to the Moses Toga
Six years after his breathtaking performance in The Dark Knight, Christian Bale returns in an equally heroic role as the masked vigilante. While Batman faces all the horrors of Gotham, Moses braves the might of an entire empire.
From his hero’s youth to exile, the actor follows the same pattern as before The Ten Commandments. He conveys the rebel leader’s struggle to save the Jewish people from slavery, turning Moses into a muscular soldier and strategist who does not hesitate to draw his sword as a mighty warrior.
Once again, this true chameleon of body and soul has undergone an extreme physical transformation to embody this biblical legend on screen.
Christian Bale Proving once again that he knows how to play everything: The Black Knight dark knightA sleepless worker in The Machinist, an ex-boxer turned drug addict in The Fighter, a serial killer in American Psycho… and now Moses in Exodus: Gods and Kings.
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