They told the actors playing the guards it was very important that they keep a straight face throughout, and then planned on cracking them up. Or so I’ve been told
I believe it is true. The extras were told they wouldn’t get paid if they laughed. I love when he swings his toga around and gets in that guards face - “how 'bout you centurion? Do you find it risible to laugh when I say the naaaame…”
“You know what she’s called? Incontinentia… Incontinentia Buttocks WILL YOU STOP LAUGHING!?”
That scene is always able to make me laugh.
They told the actors playing the guards it was very important that they keep a straight face throughout, and then planned on cracking them up. Or so I’ve been told
I believe it is true. The extras were told they wouldn’t get paid if they laughed. I love when he swings his toga around and gets in that guards face - “how 'bout you centurion? Do you find it risible to laugh when I say the naaaame…”