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Colin Farrell<\/a> has opened up about the intense time filming Oliver Stone\u2019s 2004 epic historical drama \u201cAlexander<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The actor \u2014 in a joint interview with his \u201cA Big Bold Beautiful Journey\u201d costar Margot Robbie for Collider<\/a> \u2014 revealed that the Battle of Gaugmela<\/a> was the \u201chardest sequence\u201d of his career, noting that it was shot over four weeks in the desert of Morocco.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Farrell, after Robbie asked if the sequence involved elephants, clarified that shooting the Battle of<\/a> the Hydaspes<\/a> was \u201cthe most dangerous thing\u201d he\u2019s \u201cever been a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThey would say action and there was eight head of elephant, 200 head of horse and 800 background, 800 foreground, 800 x, 800 Thai men who would move,\u201d Farrell explained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWow, that\u2019s crazy!\u201d Robbie remarked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Farrell continued, \u201cEight elephants, 200 horses and 800 men would go on action. One guy broke his leg on horseback, that was it, nobody died. It was a miracle. You couldn\u2019t do it, they wouldn\u2019t do it now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Farrell starred as Alexander the Great in the 2004 epic, which featured an all-star cast that included Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson and Anthony Hopkins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAlexander\u201d \u2014 which was in development for 16 years<\/a> prior to its release \u2014 is considered to be a box office failure, grossing $167 million globally against its $155 million budget.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n