{"id":2121,"date":"2005-08-29T18:02:59","date_gmt":"2005-08-29T23:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=2121"},"modified":"2007-04-26T10:20:41","modified_gmt":"2007-04-26T15:20:41","slug":"when_brides_col","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/29\/when_brides_col\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Aishwarya Jones’ Diary’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>What happens when Prides<\/em> collide? Aishwarya Rai and Colin Firth are filming a $70M sword-and-chappals<\/a> epic with Sir Ben (via DesiFans<\/a>). Harvey Weinstein is backing Rai again despite the disappointing U.S. box office of Bride and Prejudice. <\/em>It’s called The Last Legion:<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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The Last Legion<\/em> is an epic adventure based on acclaimed author Valerio Massimo Manfredi’s international best-selling 2003 novel of the same name. The film is set against the fall of the Roman Empire in 470AD and its last emperor, 12-year-old Romulus Augustus…

Over-run with rebellion, Rome is a city on the brink of chaos and destruction. Imprisoned by rebels on the island-fortress of Capri, Romulus, aided by the clever strategies of his teacher Ambrosinus (Sir Ben Kingsley) and the heroic skills of his legionnaire Aurelius (Colin Firth), escape the island. \"\"<\/a>Despite the turbulent events around them, this small band of Roman soldiers, accompanied by Byzantine warrior Mira (Aishwarya Rai), are determined to continue their mission to restore the Empire. This resolute group sets out on an arduous and dangerous trek for Britannia in search of the Last Legion, in their bid to make one final stand for Rome. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Colin Firth …. Aurelius
Ben Kingsley …. Ambrosinus
Aishwarya Rai …. Livia  [Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n

Finally, we’ve got a suitable hero for the queen of mock chastity<\/a>: not Colin Farrell, but Colin Firth, the serious Darcy in a ridiculous jumper. Though now that I mention it, the other pairing would have been interesting, the louche Lothario meeting chastity princess:<\/p>\n\n

Farrell: <\/strong>‘You know, I’ve dated a desi woman before.’
Aishwarya:<\/strong> ‘Strippers don’t count<\/a>.’<\/p>\n\n

Instead we get Aishwarya Jones’ Diary.<\/em> ‘Aurelius, do these knickers make me look fat?’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>The plot sounds like a yawner, though — road movies are better in Chargers<\/a> than chariots. There lie perils in being the foreign babe du jour, e.g. the continuing obscurity of Diane Krueger<\/a> from Troy. <\/em>If they were going to waste an actress in an epic snooze, they should’ve just scooped up Kareena Kapoor from the remains of Asoka.*<\/em><\/p>\n\n

* I haven’t seen <\/em>Asoka yet, that’s a drive-by snarking.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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What happens when Prides collide? Aishwarya Rai and Colin Firth are filming a $70M sword-and-chappals epic with Sir Ben (via DesiFans). Harvey Weinstein is backing Rai again despite the disappointing U.S. box office of Bride and Prejudice. It’s called The Last … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}