For the producers of Troy, the forthcoming Warner Brothers spectacle, finding an actress to play Helen was tricky. There is no shortage of beautiful women in Hollywood, but faces that can reliably ...

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Can Brad Pitt’s bronzed biceps hold up a $200 million movie? “Troy” – the epic ... s” Eric Bana and newcomer Diane Kruger as Helen of Troy. “Troy,” loosely based on Homer’s poem ...

The girlfriend of Joshua Jackson went on to detail how the silver screen legend - who died in 2013 at the age of 81 - was drunk on the set of their 2004 film ... I played Helen of Troy and he ...

Orlando Bloom has fond memories of making movies like “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Lord of the Rings,” but Wolfgang Petersen’s 2004 ... of Troy whose affair with Queen Helen (Kruger ...

Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and ...

The film was based on the poem the Iliad by Homer. It was released in two separate parts: The Rape of Helen and The Fall of Troy. It was produced by Bavaria Film at the Emelka Studios in Munich.