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Ridley Scott Never Consulted Russell Crowe on ‘Gladiator 2’ and Hopes the Actor ‘Doesn’t Start B—-ing About’ It: ‘Why Would I? He’s Dead!’
Ridley Scott hopes Russell Crowe is not upset over not being spoken to about "Gladiator 2."
Russell Crowe has repeatedly stated that neither Ridley Scott nor anyone involved with “ Gladiator 2 ” reached out to him to consult on the upcoming sequel considering the follow-up’s storyline has little to do with the character he played in the 2000 original. Scott said he and Cave did a “reasonable presentation for DreamWorks” on the script but “it never got further.” He’d ultimately find the right story for a “Gladiator” sequel with his “All the Money in the World” screenwriter David Scarpa. “Gladiator 2” stars Paul Mescal as Lucius, the son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and the nephew of Commodus, the original film’s antagonist played by Joaquin Phoenix.
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