New film about Boudica

[Nathan Ross]

Oh my.

I can just tell how excited you are there, Francis!

I had another look at the trailer, and there are a few interesting things about it. The Iceni all seem to have sort of middle European accents, perhaps to match the lead, (or just because that's where the actors come from?)

There seems to have been a reenactment group involved in some of the scenes too, going by the shields. Altogether the Roman equipment is maybe better than it used to be in film/TV things like this*, but not up to the standards of the recent Netflix 'Barbarians' (which was probably filming at about the same time as this).

Some odd looking segmentata on display:

   

And what looks like one of the helmets from 'The Eagle', maybe?:

   

They do have a reasonable-looking bit of artillery though:

   

If anybody actually watches the film, perhaps they could provide a more detailed review here?

*EDIT - actually I had a look at some stills from older films and it appears that most of the equipment they're using here comes from the props store of 'The Eagle' and 'Centurion'. Still don't know where that weird body armour comes from, or the anachronistic helmets!