<P> Talking about casting difficulties and delay in shooting of the film, Herzog said, "There are some actors I'd very much like to be in the film and it's problematic to get them in the same place at the same time ." Naomi Watts was originally cast in the role of Gertrude Bell but was later replaced by Nicole Kidman . Kidman, talking about her role, said, "She's the female Lawrence of Arabia . She was English, and basically defined the borders between Iraq and Jordan that exist today, borders that she negotiated between Churchill and different Arab leaders . She went out to the desert with the Bedouin and all the different tribes that were feuding at the turn of the 20th century ." Jude Law was initially cast in the role of Henry Cadogan but later dropped out due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by James Franco . </P> <P> Robert Pattinson and Damian Lewis joined the cast of the film as T.E. Lawrence and Charles Doughty - Wylie, respectively . On casting Pattinson in the film, Herzog said that "I needed an englishman who still looks like a schoolboy but which is very smart . He plays Lawrence of Arabia, but at the age of 22, on an archeological site . Kidman, who plays the main role is wondering what that kid has to do in a place like this, and an archeologist tells her that this kid has a PhD ." Pattinson talking about portraying T.E. Lawrence, said that "It's sort of close to the real guy, it's certainly not (the film) Lawrence of Arabia - like, at the same time the guy was really small and I'm not physically kind of right for the part, but I think I have quite a good little handle of who he is . After I got cast I started researching and there are certain things you can't do as I'm just not physically the same so I had to invent it a little bit, and it's a small part as well . The film's about Gertrude Bell, it's really not about making Lawrence of Arabia ." Nick N. Raslan, one of the producer of the film, also appeared the film in a cameo appearance . </P> <P> Principal photography began on December 20, 2013 . Herzog shot background scenes and establishing shots without the principal cast in Merzouga, Morocco and Petra, Jordan . Principal photography with the main cast started in Merzouga on January 13, 2014 . Filming also took place at Marrakesh and Erfoud and continued till February 26, 2014, in Ouarzazate, Morocco . After Morocco, filming moved to London and finished on March 6, 2014 . </P> <P> A major portion of filming took place in Morocco . Fifty actors (apart from main cast), more than 1,500 extras and 65 technicians, all Moroccan, participated . </P>

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