I recently got around to viewing the television series ‘Spartacus – Blood and Sand’ which regardless of the extreme sex and violent content, some of which might have made the series more true to life, it was an enjoyable tv series. I enjoy action movies particularly warrior type content, like ’300′ and ‘Gladiator’ etc. That the series had it’s appeal and the actors seemed to fit the roles. Six-packs all over the place the cast would no doubt be very healthy and fit.
This of course made the news that the main actor who played Spartacus ie. Andy Whitfield who died a few days ago, a bit of a shock and very surprising. I did read that he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma cancer which prevented him from
acting in the sequel apart from a narrated part of the program. He had apparently beaten it, but unfortunately some of the cells had survived and came back with
vengeance.
At the age of 39 it’s even more of a shock.
