Bruno Heller
Bruno Heller
Bruno Helleris an English screenwriter, producer and director. He is known for creating the HBO television series Rome and CBS television series The Mentalist. He has recently produced the TV series Gotham based on the Batman franchise for FOX...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
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Rome from street level. (It's) Rome from the point of view of ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary events of that time.
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If there is an HBO style, it's a merciless attention to the truth and reality of things.
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Caesar was frightening to be around ... if ever anyone was born to be a king, he was. But they (the Romans) had an ancestral fear of kings, similar to the American fear to a degree ? pride in their liberty.
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The novel aspect is that it's about everyday life in a time of great historical import.
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You can't understand that period of history unless it shocks you.
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It's the transformation of a republic into an empire. I think America is dealing with that issue right now.
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It was a moment in history that's pivotal in western history. If things hadn't turned out the way they did at that particular point, the world that we live in now would be very different ... It's the transformation of a republic into an empire. I think America is dealing with that issue just now.
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It was important to us to get the facts right, but more important the spirit of the times, to be very precise about this moment in history. It was important to get the fine detail right so that you felt that you were in a real world.
Everyone is on tenterhooks to see how it is received.