Christian Bale stars as Moses in Ridley Scott’s new epic ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’.<br /><br /> The British actor said he carried out some serious research ahead of the shoot: <br /><br /> “I started by watching ‘Life of Brian’ by Monty Python, which I just love, a fantastic film. You have to watch these things, you know, because you have to know where can you start unintentionally becoming funny in a way that is fantastic for ‘Life of Brian’ but not what we’re looking for here,” he said. <br /><br /> “And then you’ve got a lot of texts, you’ve got an awful lot of people who have a lot of opinions, very strong opinions about how Moses should be played. I listened to all of them and then eventually, guided by Rid, we found our own way.”<br /><br /> ‘Breaking Bad’ star Aaron Paul plays the Hebrew slave Joshua who goes on to lead the people into the promised land after Moses.<br /><br /> He said the role came naturally to him: “My father was a southern Baptist minister and so he had us reading the Bible from beginning to end. So I’ve read the book of Exodus multiple times and I knew the story, and when I was asked to play Joshua, it was just sort of a strange out-of-body experience I had.”<br /><br /> Scott has come under fire for casting white actors in the main roles as Egyptians and black actors as slaves. He said he chose a cast that would attract financial backing for this multi-million dollar movie, which relies heavily on special effects for scenes like the biblical splitting of the Red Sea.<br /><br /> “I went back to remembering the tragedy that occurred six, seven years ago. It was the big tsunami. So I start off with the real thing and then the wave returns, and when it returns, everything else is down to brilliant digital animation,” said the director.<br /><br /> Featuring an A-list cast including Ben Kingsley, Sigourney Weaver and John Turturro, ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ is on global release from now.
