dashwood also notes the diversity of actors available: "luckily cape town is a bit of a melting pot: african, chinese, european, middle eastern you name it, they've got it [except aborigines]." though crowds are often shown, this was done with the help of computers: "budgetary considerations meant we had to make a limited number of performers seem like many more - a crowd of 15 often had to stand in for a crowd of 1500. the magic of computer graphics often filled in the missing 1485 – but it was always a challenge."