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
Actor’s character was killed in Ridley Scott’s 2000 original and the focus in sequel, due for Christmas release, moves to role played by Paul MescalRussell Crowe has said that he’s “slightly uncomfortable” with the concept of a sequel to Gladiator in which he doesn’t feature.
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., who plays the grandson of Richard Harris’s Emperor Marcus Aurelius from the first film, who was killed by his son, played by Joaquin Phoenix. Crowe’s character was killed by Phoenix’s at the end of the film.
“A couple of things that I’ve heard, I’m like, ‘No, no, no. That’s not in the moral journey of that particular character.’ But you know, I can’t say anything. That’s not my place. I’m six feet under. So we’ll see what that is like.”The new film is one of the key releases of the year, with many hoping both it and the Joker sequel may help tempt audiences back to the cinema, after a notably flat first six months. Returning cast members include Derek Jacobi and Connie Nielsen.
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.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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