Mar 21, 2016 09:01 PM
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Definitely the one who played Leonidas Gerard Butler
He made the film success and the acting facial expressions, what more to add he has the charisma of a real king.
Simply love the movie
"Spartans! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty, for tonight, we dine in Hell!"
In fairness, it should be noted that small slivers of the movie are based on historical sources. Leonidas' lines "Come and take them" and the "We'll fight in the shade" come from 1st century CE historian/biographer Plutarch.
The herald-down-the-well scene is adapted from the account given by 5th century BCE historian Herodotus; according to him it was Xerxes' father, Darius, who had pulled this stunt with both Sparta and Athens before Persia's first invasion of Greece in 490 BCE. The herald at Sparta was thrown down a well; the herald at Athens was cast into a pit called the Barathron. Mindful of this, Xerxes skipped those two city-states when he made similar demands of Greece some years later.
awesome movie you have to watch
