What is 300 trying to say? « Making the Movie

5Mar/070

What is 300 trying to say?

Zak Snyder and Lena Headey on the set of 300 A non-story about unintended political resonances but nonetheless some interesting tidbits about my most-anticipated movie (now that Zodiac is out):

“Is George Bush Leonidas or Xerxes?” one of them asked.

The questioner, by Mr. Snyder’s recollection, insisted that Mr. Bush was Xerxes, the Persian emperor who led his force against Greek’s city states in 480 B.C., unleashing an army on a small country guarded by fanatical guerilla fighters so he could finish a job his father had left undone. More likely, another reporter chimed in, Mr. Bush was Leonidas, the Spartan king who would defend freedom at any cost.

--That Film’s Real Message? It Could Be: ‘Buy a Ticket’ - New York Times