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Robert Rodriguez on Sin City 3, his mini movie with Frank Miller in Sin City 2 and why Clive Owen was not in A Dame To Kill For

ByAsa Hawks

I was lucky enough to attend the Texas premiere of Frank Miller’s Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For at the Paramount Theatre in Austin Wednesday night, and after the film Robert Rodriguez did a Q&A with those in attendance, answering numerous burning questions about his much-anticipated sequel/prequel that was nine years in the making. Keep reading for the answers with only some mild spoilers.

Who was the real Artemisia? How accurate is Frank Miller’s 300 Rise of an Empire?

ByRuby Turpin

Frank Miller’s 300 Rise of an Empire pits the Athenian general Themistocles against Artemisia, the great (but evil) Persian woman behind the great king of Persia, Xerxes. Themistocles is a well known historical figure, so we know he was real, but how about Artemisia? Did Frank Miller make her up, or was she a real person, too?