Trivia

Brad Pitt and Eric Bana did not use stunt doubles for their epic duel. They made a gentlemen's agreement to pay for every accidental hit; $50 for each light blow and $100 for each hard blow. Pitt ended up paying Bana $750, and Bana didn't owe Pitt anything.

Brad Pitt trained for six months to get a body that looked like that of Greek statues.

Brad Pitt tore his left Achilles tendon during production.

Sean Bean was in awe of Peter O'Toole. "The first time I met him on the set, he was in a robe with a cigarette holder and he said, 'Sean, how are you, dear boy?' He was just how I imagined him to be."

The Trojan horse prop made was given to the Turkish government as a gift. It is now on the boardwalk of Canakkale, a seaside city about an hour away from the site of the Troy ruins, where most Troy tourists stay.