00:00Here we are, it's good to be back, bigger and better than ever.
00:10Arthur Max's production design is of a caliber that is incomparable.
00:17Arthur did the original ideas, he did an incredible job, so I want him back.
00:23Ridley said to me, we're going to go for scale on this one, we're going to build everything
00:28bigger.
00:29Zero minus two we are now, till we shoot, which means we've got a hell of a lot of work
00:36to do.
00:39We built a five story real Roman Coliseum, all the streets, all the buildings were full
00:43scale.
00:44It's real, it's really like having the real thing.
00:47That's crazy, aren't it?
00:52This set is really the size of a small town, there's an uptown and a downtown, several
00:58back streets, there's the bad neighborhoods.
01:03There is something so incredible about these sets, both huge and in a very personal context.
01:12Arthur Max is at the top of his game, you really see the detail and it's mastery.
01:19All of these are going to be up in the niches of the Coliseum.
01:24The creation of the ancient world, it's a team sport.
01:28There's all different departments, we were on the first one working with me, set dressing,
01:35props, greenery, construction, art department, production, we have to give credit to Joe
01:46Matheson for what is called the Valerian.
01:50What the structure does and what the sun does to the shadows reminds you of how big it is.
01:56I've been on some major sets, I've not been on a set like this one.
02:02Arthur has created the real thing, you're seeing it all play out and it's epic.
02:12This is the biggest film I've been on, it's huge, it's Cecil B. DeMille on steroids.
02:19It's much larger scale than the first gladiators, everything's hand made, everything's hand
02:25painted, every angle is just beautiful.
02:29The signature of all of this is skilled craftsmen and hard work, I think it's turned out beautifully,
02:38without question.
02:39Arthur is one of the best I've ever worked with, he did a great job, I couldn't do this
02:45without him.
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