MASADA was a great and under-rated mini-series. It came from a historical novel by Ernest Gann called the Antagonist the adoption from book to film worked well. I’ve shown the mini-series to Western Civ history classes because it brings two sides of an ancient conflict to life so well.
O’Toole was great as was the supporting cast.
I LOVED him in MASADA, even though he was the “bad guy”.
Hey...bit of trivia...
When I was at Masada in 1984, there were catapults and trebouchets sitting around at the base of the mountain.
They were left there, not by the Romans, but by the prop crew of the miniseries.
My first recollection of O’Toole as a kid was in the Masada mini-series on TV. Great show (or at least I thought so as probably a 12 year old or so). He was totally believable in the part, which is a a sign of a good actor.