Ben Hur

The grossest bit of miscasting I have ever seen was to give the part of Quintus Arrius to Ray Winstone - he can't seem to play any part without that awful Cockney twang. They would have been better giving that part to Hugh Bonneville. As for Stephen Campbell Moore's blue eyes, Charlton Heston was a blue eyed Judah, and they gave Stephen Boyd brown contacts so that they would contrast with each other. I thought it was good fun too, on the whole, but nothing could match the big budget excitement of the film. I don't remember the Greek lady either; bit of artistic licence I suppose. I have a passion for sword and sandal epics too! I remember going to the cinema to see Quo Vadis with my father while I was still at school, but bits of it kept me awake at nights! I wrote an essay about it. I adored anything with Robert Taylor in it.