After filming several takes correctly, Jason Isaacs walked up to Mel Gibson
and said "You! So you're the Ghost, are you? You know I don't usually go for
the lads, but you are a dashed good looking fellow."
2. During filming of the climactic battle, the slope in which the Continental
and Patriot forces all run up during their charge was slick. Mel Gibson himself
had trouble, slipping and falling, so he walked off. When he returned, wardrobe
had cut out the soles of his boots and Gibson wore the top of the boot pulled
over some hiking boots. The extras had to just keep on slipping.
3. During filming of one of the battle scenes, an overhead camera was
used. One of the production assistants told the extras that the camera had been
used on Godzilla. As a practical joke on Director
Roland Emmerich's birthday, when given a cue, everyone began acting
as if the camera was Godzilla.
4. This blooper took place during Colonel Tavington's (Jason Isaacs)
first scene at the Martin farm. Tavington is sitting on his horse while Benjamin
Martin (Mel Gibson) is pleading with him not to hang Gabriel
Martin (Heath
Ledger). Tavington responds by pointing his pistol at the children.
During one take, Isaacs' horse turned its head, so that he now had his pistol
pointed right at its head. Without missing a step, Isaacs exclaimed, "Now see
what happened? You've got me so pissed off I'm gonna shoot my own horse!" It
was several minutes before filming continued.
