Just what the doctor ordered! Olivier Martinez wears Persian period dress for long-awaited adaptation of The Physician
It is the hit book series that has been in movie development hell for years. But the long awaited adaptation of Noah Gordon's historical novel The Physician is finally underway, with Olivier Marinez bringin some of his trademark Gallic charm to the affair. Ironically the Frenchman is actually playing a Persian named Shah Ala ad-Daula in the film, which also stars heavyweights Sir Ben Kingsley and Stellan Skarsgård. Stealing the show: Oliver Martinez outshone Emma Rigby, Tom Payne and Elyas M'Barek in his period dress on the set of The Physician in Cologne Germany The plot follows the life of a Christian English boy in the 11th century who journeys across Europe in order to study medicine from the Muslims . He ends up pretending to be Jewish so he can learn from the masters in what is now modern day Iran, which at the time led the world in science and medicine. It is a chance encounter with the Shah of Persia, played by Oliver, that opens the door ...