Time Bandits features multiple historical figures.
Summary The Apple TV+ fantasy adventure series Time Bandits includes multiple historical figures as the characters travel through time, meeting them on their trips. The Time Bandits cast features an ensemble led by Lisa Kudrow and newcomer Kal-El Tuck. The show mainly focuses on Tuck’s character Kevin and the time bandits he travels through time with, but numerous guest actors have cameos as important historical people.
In real life, Madame Chung was named Zheng Yi Sao, also known as Ching Shih. She was born in 1775 in Guangdong, and in 1801, married Zheng Yi, a famous local pirate. Her husband initially fought in his cousin’s fleet, but when he was captured and executed, Zheng Yi took control of the family fleet and fled to China. In 1805, he united the local pirates into the Guangdong Pirate Confederation, which Zheng Yi Sao helped greatly with. When he fell overboard and died in 1807, she took over.
As he was known for his arrogance, Ajax the Lesser was portrayed as an overconfident fool in Time Bandits. The hero of the Odyssey was Odysseus, a king of Ithaca known for his courage and wisdom who was credited with creating the Trojan Horse plan. When things went awry in Time Bandits episode 1, Odysseus took the blame, even though it was Ajax the Lesser’s fault. He even apologized to another Greek hero inside, Diomedes. It was a brief scene, but it featured multiple Greek legends.
Related Homer Or Hollywood: 5 Inaccuracies In Brad Pitt’s Troy 2004 sword-and-sandal epic Troy got a lot right in its adaptation from Homer's original story, The Iliad. But it's also terribly inaccurate at times. Cassandra comforted Kevin, as he confessed he’d spent his entire life wishing he could go back in time, but now that he has, he wasn’t sure if he belonged. Though Kevin doubted it, Cassandra told him that he was important, as she saw his future. Based on what she saw, Cassandra also advised Kevin to “stick with stupid thieves because going to save the universe.
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