I don't know...I personally have never seen the appeal of Mr. Farrell.
Maybe the chain smoking cussing greasey hair image is not really my type perhaps.
Well, Lin, I must say that dancing harem girls (well...i didn't see the movie but they always seem to be doing that in film) would have more appeal in a Hollywood movie to make up for all the fighting i suppose. Accuracy be darned. excuse to show scantilly clad young ladies. I do quite agree though that the harem situation was more of a result of muslim culture/Arabian culture than Persian in that time frame. Of course, there were well to do folks through antiquity prior with a concubine or two, but it was really a whole situation than having seperate women's quarters and/or a full harem of ladies.