If Russell Crowe-starrer was about palace intrigues, complex relationships and unseen dangers, the second dispenses with most ...

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 ...

Russell Crowe won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his towering performance in “Gladiator.” You might expect that Paul ...

A ship-to shore invasion with fleets of Roman battleships fighting with trebuchets and thousands of archers. A naval duel to ...

but Joaquin Phoenix wasn’t always comfortable on the set of Gladiator, and according to director Ridley Scott — Russell Crowe wasn’t very happy about it. Scott, 86, spoke with The New York ...

Director Ridley Scott returned to ancient Rome for the upcoming Gladiator II, arriving more than two decades after the ...

The sequel will star Paul Mescal, who is playing Lucius, the son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) from the original movie who witnessed Crowe’s character Maximus die in the gladiator ring ...

“I spoke with him for my role though,” Hechinger jokingly gloated, to which Mescal added: “Yeah, Russell and Fred are fast friends.” When told he should give Crowe some Gladiator tips ...

It turns out Phoenix was also on the cusp of quitting Gladiator also ... the director told The New York Times. Lead star Crowe, who played Maximus in the Best Picture-winning epic, was not ...