Sharpe's Challenge - Interviews

Last Update: 06 April 2006

 
Behind-the-camera Fact File

"More than 4,000 extras were used during filming. There were more than 300 production crew. Up to 800 people were on call each day."

Fact: Sharpe’s Challenge is the 15th Sharpe drama. The only cast and crew to have worked on all 15 films are stars Sean Bean and Daragh O’Malley, director Tom Clegg, producers Malcolm Craddock and Muir Sutherland, military advisor Richard Rutherford-More and the Russian stunt men.
 
Fact: more than 4,000 extras were used during filming. There were more than 300 production crew. Up to 800 people were on call each day.
 
Fact: more than 15,000 servings of curry were eaten during filming.
 
Fact: elephants, camels, donkeys, oxen, goats and horses were used in the films - all the horses used were supplied and trained by the Jaipur Polo Club.
 
Fact: the crew supplied 25 practical muskets, 40 non-practical muskets, 110 wooden prop muskets (for background artists), 40 Indian swords, four French swords, two baker rifles, various pistols and six working canons.
 
Fact: locations included the Jaigarh Fort, Meherangah Fort, Samode Desert, Samode Palace and Chomu palace. Some of these national treasures were partially closed to tourists during filming.
 
Fact: more than 90 construction workers, sourced from Mumbai, worked to build sets for more than two months. They worked without any power tools.
 
Fact: there were six full time tailors on set and most of the 700 costumes were made on location in India. 420 metres of silk were used to make the Pindari bandit uniforms, and 840 metres of cotton was needed to create uniforms for the East Indian Company Army.
 
 

Production Notes (click on the links):
 
Sean Bean is Richard Sharpe
Padma Lakshmi is Madhuvanthi
Toby Stephens is William Dodd
Daragh O’Malley is Patrick Harper
 
Behind-the-Camera Fact File
The Producer: Malcolm Craddock
The Producer: Muir Sutherland
The Creator: Bernard Cornwell
The Writer: Russell Lewis
The Sword Master: Richard Bonehill
 

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