Many of them were actually women
Some of those riders were indeed CGI – but most were real people on real horses.
And since there were so many excellent women riders in New Zealand (where the films were filmed), it made sense to use them!
A surprise for all
So they were sat in makeup chairs, and made to look like men by using beards and other additions! Many people involved recall sitting down to breakfast, and filming alongside the Rohan ‘men’, only to find out that they were in fact women. Only on a film set, eh?
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