Overview

• Farrell recalled that one performer broke a leg during the sequence but said no one died, calling the outcome a miracle.
• He described the setup as eight elephants, about 200 horses and 800 men moving on action during the large‑scale battle filming.
• He said the hardest stretch was four weeks shooting the Battle of Gaugamela in the Moroccan desert for the 2004 epic.
• The comments came in a joint conversation with Margot Robbie for Collider tied to their film A Big Bold Beautiful Journey.
• He praised director Oliver Stone’s leadership on Alexander, a box‑office disappointment that later found renewed interest through extended DVD cuts.