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I Would Have Enjoyed Gladiator 2 So Much More If Pedro Pascal's Character Was The Villain — & Acacius' Connection To Maximus Was The Way To Make That Happen

Pedro Pascal's Gladiator 2 role was an exciting bit of casting leading up to the movie, but it unfortunately ended up being a lot of wasted potential by avoiding a more complicated approach. Gladiator ...
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Russell Crowe trashes “Gladiator II” for removing Maximus' 'moral core': 'What are you talking about?'

Russell Crowe thinks Gladiator II removed his character's "moral core" by revealing that Paul Mescal's Lucius is his out-of-wedlock son. The Beautiful Mind star believes that the sequel's filmmakers ...
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Russell Crowe Was Set to Return as Maximus in ‘Gladiator 2,’ According to Writer

Gladiator 2 was without the biggest star from Gladiator, Russell Crowe, but scribe Peter Craig says this wasn’t always the case. Maximus (Crowe) dies at the end of Gladiator, so it wasn’t a shock to ...
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Russell Crowe was not entertained by Paul Mescal’s ‘Gladiator II’: ‘It’s crazy’

Russell Crowe was not entertained. The actor, 61, is sharing his issue with the 2024 film “Gladiator II.” In Ridley Scott’s 2000 hit movie “Gladiator,” Crowe starred as Maximus alongside Joaquin ...
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‘Gladiator II’ production designer reveals this big scene in the original film was actually filmed in a parking lot

One of the most pivotal scenes in the original “Gladiator” blockbuster was filmed in a place you might not expect: a parking lot. Arthur Max, production designer for both “Gladiator” and “Gladiator II ...
The Daily Signal

‘Gladiator II’ Rips the Heart Out of the Russell Crowe Classic

Tyler O'Neil is senior editor at The Daily Signal and the author of two books: "Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center," and "The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal ...
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Merry Maximus! 'Gladiator II' Sets a Jolly Digital Release Date

Shane Romanchick is a TV and Movie News author for Collider. He also runs his own blog Entershanement Reviews where he writes about and reviews the latest movies. He graduated from Regis College in ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Russell Crowe Criticizes ‘Gladiator II’ for Not “Understanding What Made That First One Special”

Crowe did not film any new scenes for Ridley Scott's sequel that hit theaters last year and starred Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington. By Ryan Gajewski Senior Entertainment Reporter “The recent sequel ...
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Russell Crowe trashes “Gladiator II” for removing Maximus' 'moral core': 'What are you talking about?'

Is Russell Crowe not entertained? The Master and Commander star criticized Ridley Scott's Gladiator II during a new interview with Triple J, opining that the film failed to recapture the magic of 2000 ...