John Lutz is a Weekend Film/Television News Writer for Collider. He joined the team in the summer of 2021, but has been an avid fan and follower of the site for years. With a Bachelor's Degree in ...
The tale of making “Gladiator” is every bit as epic as the movie itself. Twenty-four years after the film’s release, director Ridley Scott has brought a hotly-anticipated sequel starring Paul Mescal, ...
"At the core of what we were doing was a great concept, but the script, it was rubbish, absolute rubbish," said the Oscar winner Russell Crowe wasn't exactly impressed when he first read the script ...
The post Russell Crowe Almost Left Gladiator Role Due to “Absolute Rubbish” Original Script appeared first on Consequence. Russell Crowe called the original script for Ridley Scott’s 2000 historical ...
Russell Crowe is looking back at his time on Gladiator and revealing that he almost walked away from the Ridley Scott-directed 2000 film as he thought the script was “absolute rubbish.” In an ...
Russell Crowe almost didn't take on the role of Maximus in the 2000 Ridley Scott-directed film, Gladiator After its premiere in 2000, Gladiator went on to win five Academy Awards, but the film’s star ...
The long-awaited Gladiator sequel finally has a finished script. During an interview with Collider, director Ridley Scott revealed that Gladiator 2 was ready to move along: “Oh, it’s been written,” he ...
Gladiator is consistently ranked as one of both Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott’s best films, respectively. The epic period film won several awards and was a major box office success, even though its ...
Turns out all it took was a phone call. As Cave told Maron, Crowe “eventually, rang me up and asked if I wanted to write ‘Gladiator 2’ (laughs) and for someone who had only written one film script ...
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The original script for 'Gladiator' was such a mess, Russell Crowe was not supposed to be allowed to read it before he signed on to do the film, the actor said in an appearance on Wednesday's 'Tonight ...