To follow in the sandal-clad footsteps of Russell Crowe’s Oscar-winning performance of Maximus in Gladiator is not for the ...

Joaquin Phoenix was not ready to enter the “Gladiator” arena — and Russell Crowe didn’t like it. The movie’s director, Ridley Scott, spoke to The New York Times before the upcoming ...

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with Crowe winning the best actor prize. “[Joaquin] was in his prince’s outfit saying, ‘I can’t do it,’” Scott recalled, “I said, ‘What?’ And Russell said, ‘This is terribly ...

Director Ridley Scott returned to ancient Rome for the upcoming Gladiator II, arriving more than two decades after the original starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix. When looking back on the ...

Like deciding on Joaquin, it’s worth it." Reps for Scott, Phoenix and Crowe did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. The sequel will star Paul Mescal, who is ...

Reviews for Sir Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 have landed almost 25 years after the release of the Russell Crowe original. Paul Mescal stars as the boy Lucius all-grown up, as he too ends up ...

I said, ‘What?’” Scott recalled. “And Russell [Crowe] said, ‘This is terribly unprofessional.’” When asked how he persuaded Phoenix, 50, to stay, Scott, 86, said he came to him as a ...