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Russell Crowe: I’m ‘slightly uncomfortable’ with Gladiator 2

Actor’s character was killed in Ridley Scott’s 2000 original and focus in sequel, due for Christmas release, moves to role played by Paul Mescal

Crowe, who played the lead character in Ridley Scott’s 2000 hit, winning him a best actor Oscar, will not appear in the belated follow-up, due for release this Christmas. Meanwhile Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal and Joseph Quinn join the cast for the film, which was largely shot in Italy this year, but completed some reshoots in Sussex earlier this week. Crowe, 60, springboarded from Gladiator to films such as Master and Commander, Robin Hood and Les Misérables and will shortly be seen in horror The Exorcism as well as Marvel’s Kraven the Hunter, a biopic of Mark Rothko and historical drama Nuremberg.

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