Maximus fighting another gladiator in the arena in Gladiator.
The Big Picture Gladiator is one of the most unusual success stories of the 2000s. While any new project from Ridley Scott was bound to be heavily anticipated, as he already had a series of classics on his resume, the “sword and sandals” style epic hadn’t been in fashion since the “Golden Age of Hollywood.” However, Gladiator proved to be a rich and absorbing character drama that succeeded in transforming Russell Crowe into an instantly iconic film hero.
Gladiator RActionAdventureDrama A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery. Although it's now become one of the film’s most recognizable qualities, the wheat scene was added due to an improvisation by Crowe’s stunt double. According to Scott, the production team behind Gladiator had been filming in Italy, where Crowe’s stunt double had been instinctively touching wheat on set. Scott grew interested in how the scene would look visually, and began following the double’s hand with a steadicam approach.
The religiously coded imagery also shows the extent to which Maximus has been in grief. Crowe may be an intimidating physical presence on screen, but one of the reasons that Maximus is so compelling as an action hero is that he feels like he has nothing to lose. Defeating Commodus isn’t something he just needs to do for the sanctity of the Empire, but to avenge those that he cared about most. It’s evident that Maximus feels like he is carrying the burden of doing his late family justice.
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