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‘Gladiator 2’ Production Designer Arthur Max Made Everything Bigger and Better: It Was ‘Gladiator’ on ‘Steroids’
"Gladiator 2" production designer Arthur Max describes his sets as "'Gladiator' on steroids."
For “Gladiator II,” Max had the stories built higher to accommodate a sequence in which the Colosseum is filled with water and a mock naval battle is staged. With Scott wanting practical sets, special effects director Neil Corbould suggested that the ships, which were over 100 feet long, be built on wheels. A section of the Colosseum set was built in Malta in a studio water tank for the close- ups of the battle and hand-to-hand combat on the ships.
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