[Mental]

We had kind of an expensive, arty - but commercial - but arty, but commercial, like, Viking movie. Now everyone is kind of, like, ‘If this isn’t “Gladiator” or “Braveheart,” we’re fucked.’ And the thing is: it isn’t. It has aspects of that, for sure. But my best intention of doing ‘Gladiator’ or ‘Braveheart’ is still... Weirder.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/04/robert-eggerss-historical-visions-go-mainstream/amp