Question from Interviewer: It seemed that Octavius liked Jedediah a bit more than Jedediah liked Octavius,
in a Brokeback Mountain kind of way. Was that something you two worked out?

Steve Coogan: There was a certain kind of subtext, what those of a discerning view might read as a subtle homoerotic subtext.
If those people read that into it I certainly wouldn't argue with it, I think that's a very subtle observation.
There's certainly a lot of deep male bonding that goes on between them, and yes, Octavius has a certain fascination
with Jedediah because, of course, he wouldn't meet people as irreverent as that in the world of the Roman Empire,
I think people were a bit more formal in their behaviour, so that slightly gauche,
throwaway attitude that goes with being a cowboy fascinates Octavius, and he finds it quite alluring.