Signorett and Sodano were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup for Apocalypto, but lost to the artists who worked on Pan’s Labyrinth. The ears took some work.Įvery actor’s stretched earlobes were actually custom-made silicon prostheses crafted by makeup designers Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano. Every detail of every costume in the film was handmade.Īll of the “jade” in the film is actually painted and treated wood. Co-writer and co-producer Farhad Safinia found him after Gibson told Safinia to leave set and find local extras willing to be in the movie. The actor who played the Mayan King was a local dockworker in Veracruz. Gibson went to the source for the screenplay.įor a foundation to their story, Gibson and co-screenwriter Farhad Safinia used Spanish colonial eyewitness accounts from the period and certain mythological aspects from the Popol Vuh, a sacred Mayan text that tells the creation story and epic mythological histories of Mayan culture. Outfitting the cast in body paint, tattoos, and scarification took up to six hours a day. Rudy Youngblood is a Native American of Cree, Comanche, and Yaqui descent. The actor who played Jaguar Paw isn’t Mayan.
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Maria Isidra Hoil, who played the diseased Oracle Girl, had never seen a movie before she was cast. Some members of the cast were very inexperienced when it came to film. Many of the actors then had to learn Yucatec Maya for the film. Gibson wanted to cast non-actors for each role, which meant the casting process eventually stretched across three continents. The jungle scenes were shot just outside of the city of Catemaco and the pyramid city set was built in Veracruz. Instead, all filming took place in Mexico. The filmmakers originally looked into shooting in Guatemala and Costa Rica, but those countries’ jungles were too dense for a movie production. Hansen, Assistant Professor at Idaho State University and a specialist on Mayan culture, as a consultant to ensure a level of historical accuracy. Though the film exercises some dramatic license, Gibson hired Dr. Gibson was a stickler for authentic language.Īll of the dialogue is in the Yucatec Maya language.
The director humorously-and morbidly-inserted a single frame of a man dressed as Waldo from Where’s Waldo into the scene where Jaguar Paw stumbles into a pile of dead bodies after the ritual sacrifice scene. The first teaser trailer for Apocalypto, made before principal photography of the movie itself, includes a hidden single-frame image of a heavily bearded Gibson standing next to a group of Mayan actors with a cigarette in his mouth. I'm looking forward to seeing this - Mel is a genius when it comes to directing movies.As these stories show, making Mel Gibson’s sprawling Mayan adventure film was an epic journey in its own right. 8.Īpocalypto Official Site Learn more and watch the trailer here. Gibson co-wrote and directed "Apocalypto," which is billed as an action-adventure film set in the last days of the Mayan civilization in Mexico. Myers had said earlier in the week that Gibson had canceled the screenings planned for Oklahoma. Jhane Myers, an Oklahoma City-based publicist who escorted Gibson, issued a statement saying Gibson was "deeply touched by the warm reception he has received while in Oklahoma." He arrived at Cameron on Thursday morning wearing a mask and wig so he wouldn't be noticed, university spokeswoman Amber McNeil said. At the entrance of the casino - where the film was shown Friday to a mostly American Indian audience - reporters were kept behind partitions. Gibson did not make a public appearance during screenings held at the Riverwind Casino in Goldsby and Cameron University in Lawton. (AP) Actor and director Mel Gibson visited two Oklahoma towns this week to attend screenings of his new movie, "Apocalypto."
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