"Trojan War Shows Bush and Blair's Achilles' Heel Say Actors"

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Trojan War Shows Bush and Blair's Achilles' Heel Say Actors Who See a Modern-Day Similarity
by Louise Jury in Cannes

The epic Greek story in the Hollywood movie Troy of bloodthirsty, power-seeking rulers laying ruin to a city has clear parallels with modern British and American leaders and the war in Iraq, the film's stars, Brad Pitt and Saffron Burrows, said yesterday.

Speaking before the world premiere of the $175m (£100m) film at the Cannes Film Festival, Burrows said that warmongering Greek brothers Agamemnon and Menelaus reminded her of "a fraternity in the world at the moment" - a veiled reference to Tony Blair and George Bush.

The British actress, who plays Andromache in the film, said: "What's interesting for me about Troy and the story of The Iliad is its the eternal question of the futility of war, the weariness of war, and a terrible sense of dêjá vu of what the Trojans faced and what we face today."

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