Many substantial speaking roles were filled by Mayan people who had never acted before. Sick Girl, who curses the hunting party as they and the captives pass right before entering the city, was played by a seven-year-old who lived in a dirt-floored hut in a village similar to Jaguar Paw's.
During the sacrifice just before the eclipse, a pile of torsos and heads is just right of the bottom of the steps. After a few frames of body parts bouncing down the steps and being caught in the baskets, a view of the other side shows a direct mirror image, not a different pile of bodies.
When the High Priest pulls the first warrior's heart out, the first shot shows no blood on his hands. In the next shot, as he shows the heart to the crowd, his forearms are covered in blood almost to his elbow.
There are piles of hundreds of corpses dead less than a month, just outside the city, and more piles of hundreds of freshly killed corpses inside the city itself. At no point in the life of the Maya, and definitely not in the 16th century when the film is set, would the surrounding jungle have been able to provide a population large enough to yield that many sacrifice victims.
Oracle Girl: [the Prophecy]
You fear me? So you should. All you who are vile. Would you like to know how you will die? The sacred time is near. Beware the blackness of day. Beware the man who brings the jaguar. Behold him reborn from mud and earth. For the one he takes you to will cancel the sky, and scratch out the earth. Scratch you out. And end your world. He's with us now. Day will be like night. And the man jaguar will lead you to your end.
Pre-hispanic history of Mexico varies according to different sources. One can see from well documented evidence from Aztec civilizations, just before being conquered, that they ritually sacrificed thousands of captives for causes such as inaugurating a temple. Find out about the true pre-Hispanic history of Mexico through decent sources. http://www.mexicocityvibes.com/mexico-city-history.html
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What was the animal that was hunted and killed in the beginning of the film ?
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Why are the actors different in the "Teaser Trailer" than in the movie ?
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The teaser features an unknown actor named Mauricio Amuy Tenorio playing the part of Jaguar Paw. He was recast in favor of Rudy Youngblood. The logical explanation is that the premature teaser trailer was sliced together from sample shots and footage, before the official casting was finished.