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* FakeNationality: None of the actors in the movie are actually Egyptian. Butler, who plays Set, is Scottish. Coster-Waldau, who plays Horus, is Danish. The Australian Geoffrey Rush plays Ra. The French-Cambodian [[Film/GIJoeRetaliation Elodie Yung]] plays Hathor. Chadwick Boseman, who plays Thoth, is American. Australian (of English, Maori and Chinese heritage) Creator/CourtneyEaton plays Zaya.
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* FakeNationality: None of the actors in the movie are actually Egyptian. Butler, who plays Set, is Scottish. Coster-Waldau, who plays Horus, is Danish. The Australian Geoffrey Rush plays Ra. The French-Cambodian [[Film/GIJoeRetaliation Elodie Yung]] Creator/ElodieYung plays Hathor. Chadwick Boseman, who plays Thoth, is American. Australian (of English, Maori and Chinese heritage) Creator/CourtneyEaton plays Zaya.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Filming happened in Australia, because it was deemed too dangerous to use the actual Sahara desert.
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* CreatorBacklash: Chadwick Boseman admitted that he had issues with the lack of diversity when he first read the script and took the role partly so there would be at least one actor of African descent in the film.
* CreatorKiller: Alex Proyas hasn't directed a feature film since the failure of this, only directing two shorts and then attempting to develop a [=YouTube=] alternative called Vidi Verse.
* DearNegativeReader:
** After the film's disastrous opening weekend, Creator/AlexProyas went on an [[https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=195699647463502&id=100010704046009 massive rant on Facebook]] lashing out against "politically correct" film critics who gave the movie negative reviews and calling them "deranged idiots".
** Nikolaj Coster-Waldau [[https://www.redbull.com/us-en/theredbulletin/nikolaj-coster-waldau-surving-game-of-thrones responded to the backlash]] over the casting by saying...
--> "I'm not even playing an Egyptian; I'm an 8-foot-tall god who turns into a falcon. A part of me just wants to freak out, but then I think, 'There's nothing you can do about it.' You can't win in that sort of discussion."
* CreatorKiller: Alex Proyas hasn't directed a feature film since the failure of this, only directing two shorts and then attempting to develop a [=YouTube=] alternative called Vidi Verse.
* DearNegativeReader:
** After the film's disastrous opening weekend, Creator/AlexProyas went on an [[https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=195699647463502&id=100010704046009 massive rant on Facebook]] lashing out against "politically correct" film critics who gave the movie negative reviews and calling them "deranged idiots".
** Nikolaj Coster-Waldau [[https://www.redbull.com/us-en/theredbulletin/nikolaj-coster-waldau-surving-game-of-thrones responded to the backlash]] over the casting by saying...
--> "I'm not even playing an Egyptian; I'm an 8-foot-tall god who turns into a falcon. A part of me just wants to freak out, but then I think, 'There's nothing you can do about it.' You can't win in that sort of discussion."
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* DearNegativeReader: After the film's disastrous opening weekend, Creator/AlexProyas went on an [[https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=195699647463502&id=100010704046009 massive rant on Facebook]] lashing out against "politically correct" film critics who gave the movie negative reviews and calling them "deranged idiots".
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* DearNegativeReader: After DyeingForYourArt:
** Gerard Butler started an intense workout program as soon as he saw that his character was a god, wanting to look thefilm's disastrous opening weekend, Creator/AlexProyas part by the time filming began.
** Nikolaj Coster-Waldau likewise wenton an [[https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=195699647463502&id=100010704046009 massive rant on Facebook]] lashing out against "politically correct" film critics who gave the movie negative reviews and calling them "deranged idiots".down to only 7% body fat for his role.
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** Nikolaj Coster-Waldau likewise went
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%%* OldShame: Creator/ChadwickBoseman didn't exactly seem proud of his participation in the movie.
