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Assassination Attempt | 16th Century
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Box Office Collection 968,534 USD
The ghost sequence was not achieved using digital or optical effects. It was captured 'in camera', using a Victorian stage technique called 'Pepper's Ghost': Jim Howick's performance was reflected onto a sheet of angled glass, positioned in front of the camera, while Mat Baynton performed behind the glass.
Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, and Ben Willbond are a writing and acting team that also worked on Horrible Histories (2009), Yonderland (2013), and Ghosts (2019).
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) was a huge influence on the filmmakers, if only as an example of how to make a historical film on a tiny budget.
Parts of this were filmed at the actual Globe Theatre on London's South Bank, a replica of the theatre that stood there in Shakespeare's day.
One of the writers, Laurence Rickard, is a huge fan of Star Wars, hence the various references within the movie to the franchise.
"Christopher Marlowe: Saying things in a short snappy way instead of a long drawn-out way is the soul of wit Bill Shakespeare: You mean brevity? Christopher Marlowe: Yeah"
"Molly: I hear the Spanish are hunky. Sir Francis Walsingham: You hear wrong! Catholics can't put on muscle mass because God hates them! They've no muscle and no backbone, like snakes! Molly: Surely snakes are all backbone. Sir Francis Walsingham: Well, like worms then. Molly: Oh, no, worms are all muscle. Sir Francis Walsingham: Someone knows a lot about Catholics! Molly: No, no, just garden creatures. Sir Francis Walsingham: One can't be too careful, Molly. They're everywhere, you know. The Catholic threat may be sleeping now but it will soon awaken like a... Molly: Bear? Sir Francis Walsingham: Yes! Good! Like a non-muscular spineless bear!"
