(horses whinnying) - [Man] Hey!
- The reason why I believe this will resonate with a modern audience is that the big subjects we're talking about in it are not really, "How do you get around the world?"
It's much more about what you do with your life and what are the risks you're willing to take.
Finding a man who's basically reached 50-odd years of life and is thinking, "What have I done with my life?
Have I wasted it?"
I think that's a really sort of human and relatable story.
- We worked really hard to give it that modern sensibility because we very much feel it's a show that has cross-age appeal.
- This version manages to make a bridge between the contemporary and the original.
It's entirely based in the truth of the period.
It deals with colonialism and racism and the place of women in society.
- [Woman] Have you ever thought about finding yourself a husband?
- Soon as I can find myself a man who'll let me carry on doing whatever the hell I like.
- They'll always talk of shared values - Where everyone knows their place.
- Violation of civil rights.
- All of those questions are addressed but not in a heavy handed way.
It's going to give a younger modern audience the best of both worlds.
- I've always wanted to, to play into a Western movie - Causing quite a stir.
- Maybe they've never seen a French man before.
It is very modern, the melting pot between my character and Fix and Fogg.
The way they deal with issues that are going on at that epoch.
I think everybody can relate to that.
(bell rings)
