The Roman soldier standing on the spina, or center island of the circus, was a dummy. It never seems to occur to those who claim it was a real extra that the camera's movement would not have focused so precisely on the "man" had it not been planned in advance. Both this "soldier" and the "driver" of an overturned chariot who jumped out of the way of one chariot only to be run over by another were all articulated and weighted dummies (made with movable arm and leg joints), so when they were hit they "reacted" the way a normal human body would in that situation. A combination of adroit placement and expert editing between the stunt driver and a kneeling dummy gave the seamless impression that the man had actually been run over.
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05-03-2025 alle ore 08:55