For the Siege of Toulon scene, Napoleon (Joaquin Phoenix) guides his army to victory against the British forces when they storm the city. However, his beloved horse is struck by a cannonball and ...

Famous painting of Napoleon riding his horse Marengo. It’s widely believed Marengo was bred in North Cork and purchased for the emperor at the famous Cahermee horse fair in Buttevant.

Famous painting of Napoleon riding his horse Marengo. Up to recently a mural of this painting adorned the side of Barry’s pub in Buttevant.

For that specific scene, there were 30 practical riders and 30 horses. But Napoleon’s horse was not real. “We had a mechanical rig, and a stunt double stood in for Joaquin,” Martin ...