I love working with Sean Bean and have great admiration for him as an actor. The part of Sharpe was made for him and I couldn’t imagine anyone else playing the role. Sean is a very physical actor and is superb at doing all his own stunts, which makes my job so much easier. And I was delighted to return to India, where I had filmed before.

India gave us stunning locations, superb filming light, top quality sets and props and a huge variety of animals as background colour – but you can’t make Sharpe without lots of extras and we got them. Well trained by Richard Rutherford Moore (a veteran of Sharpe) they were the best, most enthusiastic and cheerful extras I have ever worked with. They contributed enormously to the success of the film. Problems? Well a few people got Delhi belly, but we had an excellent doctor to look after us. They say an army marches on its stomach – well so does a film unit and we had superb Indian caterers – not one person ever grumbled at the food.

I think all the cast and crew enjoyed India and it shows on the screen. It’s such a vibrant, colourful, enthusiastic, cheerful country that everyone wants to go back. I certainly would, so the only question now is will “Sharpe” return?
Tom Clegg - Director

(cast) Col. Richard Sharpe Sgt. Patrick Harper Col. William Dodd Madhuvanthi Celia Burroughs Khande Rao Lalima Wellington Gen. Sir Henry Simmerson Gen. Burroughs Sgt. Shadrach Bickerstaff Lt. Mohan Singh Col. Pierre Gudin Sgt. Jacques Bonnet

Sean Bean Daragh O’Malley Toby Stephens Padma Lakshmi Lucy Brown Karan Panthaky Shruti Vyas Hugh Fraser Michael Cochrane Peter Symonds Peter-Hugo Daly Alyy Khan Aurelien Recoing Thierry Hancisse