Rufus got blisters ...
May 6, 2010 21:14:22 GMT
Post by judypatooty on May 6, 2010 21:14:22 GMT
... awwwww, poor baby! 
"Ken's Corner" on the TPOTE website has a new post where he talks about the building of the cathedral. Here's a little snippet that mentions Rufus:
The finishing work has been done by a Budapest firm of stonemasons, Reneszansz Plc., who carry out this sort of maintenance and restoration on real historical buildings. They were also the trainers for our three principal "masons" in the cast, Tom, Alfred and Jack, providing training in how to handle the mallets, hammers, various chisels and all the other stone-working tools we see in use during the construction of the Cathedral. It's a much more delicate process than just bashing away in a cloud of dust and chippings. Rough-shaping looks like that, at least to a degree, but fine carving of sculptures and gargoyles, or facing - the smoothing of exterior blocks - is more like persuading the stone than pounding it.
There are some things that do not necessarily change very much over time and many tools used by modern-day stone masons are an excellent example. Several are almost identical to the ones used in medieval times. The actors, Rufus Sewell (Tom), Eddie Redmayne (Jack) and Liam Garrigan (Alfred) took the training in their stride, though with some effort because real limestone is heavy. There were blisters and scrapes on their hands all through the shoot but they tolerated them and learned from them. They actually expressed a new and keen understanding of what these stone masons did and how strenuous and difficult it was.
"Ken's Corner" on the TPOTE website has a new post where he talks about the building of the cathedral. Here's a little snippet that mentions Rufus:
The finishing work has been done by a Budapest firm of stonemasons, Reneszansz Plc., who carry out this sort of maintenance and restoration on real historical buildings. They were also the trainers for our three principal "masons" in the cast, Tom, Alfred and Jack, providing training in how to handle the mallets, hammers, various chisels and all the other stone-working tools we see in use during the construction of the Cathedral. It's a much more delicate process than just bashing away in a cloud of dust and chippings. Rough-shaping looks like that, at least to a degree, but fine carving of sculptures and gargoyles, or facing - the smoothing of exterior blocks - is more like persuading the stone than pounding it.
There are some things that do not necessarily change very much over time and many tools used by modern-day stone masons are an excellent example. Several are almost identical to the ones used in medieval times. The actors, Rufus Sewell (Tom), Eddie Redmayne (Jack) and Liam Garrigan (Alfred) took the training in their stride, though with some effort because real limestone is heavy. There were blisters and scrapes on their hands all through the shoot but they tolerated them and learned from them. They actually expressed a new and keen understanding of what these stone masons did and how strenuous and difficult it was.
I'd love to see some more pics from their stonemasonry workshop!
(I just scrolled down and saw Rueful had written exactly what I was thinking! ;D) 
