Bruno Heller interview

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Bruno Heller interview

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Jan 11, 2024

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In this interview we speak to Bruno Heller, the creator, main writer and show runner of HBO's Rome.

Raising Standards, an occasional rewatch podcast of HBO’s Rome, hosted by Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith of the Emperors of Rome podcast.

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Jan 11, 2024

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Podcast episode

Titles in the series (31)

A rewatch podcast for HBO's Rome with Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith

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1.01: The Stolen Eagle: Will Vorenus and Pullo recover Caesar's stolen standard? Will anyone explain why Octavian needs to go to Gaul? Find out in the inaugural episode of Raising Standards, a true rewatch podcast of HBO's Rome for true Romans! by Raising Standards
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1.02: How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic: Caesar crosses the Rubicon, Mark Antony becomes the Tribune of the Plebs, and Pullo, somehow, gets the blame for bringing down the Roman republic! by Raising Standards
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1.03: An Owl in a Thornbush: Vorenus and Pullo deliver Caesar's demands to the senate, Atia makes the most of Caesar's impending arrival, and Pompey makes a strategic departure from Rome! by Raising Standards
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1.08: Caesarion: Caesar pursues Pompey to Egypt only to find Alexandria embroiled in a dynastic dispute between the boy prince Ptolemy and his sister Cleopatra. by Raising Standards
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Lorcan Cranitch interview: In this interview we speak to Lorcan Cranitch, who portrayed crime boss of the Aventine Erastes Fulmen. by Raising Standards
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2.01: Passover: Caesar is dead and gets cremated, Niobe is dead and gets cremated, and the political machinations of Rome continue... by Raising Standards
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Ray Stevenson interview: In this interview we speak to Legionary Pullo himself, Ray Stevenson. by Raising Standards
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2.02: Son of Hades: Antony becomes disgruntled with the tedious administrative duties of running an Empire. by Raising Standards
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Season One Wrap-Up: Rhiannon Evans and Matt Smith take a fond look at the first season HBO’s Rome. by Raising Standards
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2.09: Deus Impeditio Esuritori Nullus: Octavian and Antony get in a tussle over the grain supply, Atia and Octavia get the cold shoulder in a hot climate, and Vorenus plays ball, Pullo deals with the people, Posca is the MVP, and there are at least five slaps in the episode. by Raising Standards
44 min listen
Coral Amiga interview: In this interview we speak to Coral Amiga, who portrayed Vorena the Elder, daughter of Vorenus. by Raising Standards
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2.06: Philippi: The triumvirate is formed, Vorenus and Pullo get their hands very dirty, Cicero pays the ultimate price for his rhetoric, and Brutus and Cassius make the final stand of the Roman republic with an actual battle scene. by Raising Standards
54 min listen
2.07: Death Mask: Servilia takes out a final curse on Atia, Timon struggles between faith and family, and Pullo’s love life becomes significantly more complicated. by Raising Standards
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Bruno Heller interview: In this interview we speak to Bruno Heller, the creator, main writer and show runner of HBO’s Rome. by Raising Standards
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Alice Henley interview: In this interview we speak to Alice Henley who portrayed Livia, about stepping in to a well established cast in what was one her first roles on television. by Raising Standards
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Lee Boardman interview: Lee Boardman played the Timon across two seasons of Rome, a character who grew in more prominence and bought some much needed diversity to the ethnic melting pot of the Roman Empire. by Raising Standards
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Ian McNeice interview: Ian McNeice played the Newsreader in Rome, a character who bought both a flourish and much needed exposition to the Roman forum! by Raising Standards
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66 min listen

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