ran je ); ▁ideas ▁not ▁used ▁for ▁the ▁series ▁were ▁later ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁F lesh ▁and ▁Blood , ▁also ▁directed ▁by ▁Ver ho even ▁with ▁H auer ▁in ▁the ▁lead ▁role ▁( which ▁also ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁their ▁final ▁collaboration ). ▁ ▁Production ▁F inding ▁actors ▁for ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁a ▁problem ▁because ▁television ▁was ▁still ▁regarded ▁as ▁inferior ▁to ▁the ▁theatre . ▁H auer ▁was ▁introduced ▁to ▁Ver ho even ▁as ▁" maybe ▁not ▁such ▁a ▁good ▁actor , ▁but ▁he ▁will ▁do ▁and ▁dare ▁anything ". ▁Ver ho even ▁was ▁indeed ▁wor ried ▁by ▁H auer ' s ▁lack ▁of ▁acting ▁experience , ▁but ▁he ▁looked ▁good ▁phys ically , ▁could ▁handle ▁s words ▁and ▁ride ▁horses ▁well ▁and ▁did ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁st un ts ▁himself . ▁The ▁original ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁Flor is ▁and ▁the ▁F ak ir ▁and ▁Ver ho even ▁used ▁two ▁shot ▁film ing ▁just ▁in ▁case . ▁H auer ▁learned ▁the ▁TV ▁acting ▁fast ▁enough . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁production ▁with ▁ 8 0 ▁actors ▁and ▁ 2 5 0 0 ▁ex tras . ▁Ver ho even ▁o vers pent ▁the ▁budget ▁of ▁ 3 5 5 , 0 0 0 ▁gu ild ers ▁by ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 0 0 % ▁( the ▁total ▁production ▁costs ▁cannot ▁be ▁calculated ▁exactly ▁anymore , ▁but ▁are ▁estimated ▁to ▁be ▁ ƒ 1 , 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁or ▁€ 5 4 5 , 0