Russell Crowe Won’t Return For ‘Gladiator 2’

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator is now thought-about probably the greatest historic epics ever. Sadly, its star gained’t be returning for the sequel. The long-in-development Gladiator 2 goes to be helmed as soon as once more by director Ridley Scott. However Crowe doesn’t usually make sequels, and the story of the movie doesn’t essentially lend itself to an look by his character anyway.

Russell Crowe lately appeared on an episode of the podcast Fitzy And Wippa to talk a bit in regards to the sequel. It seems that he truly is aware of bit in regards to the manufacturing and has had dinner with Scott lately, however no form of partnership materialized.

He defined…

Yeah we’ve had dinner and talked about it and all that stuff. So I do know roughly how he’s shaping the story. However yeah, should you bear in mind, there was a younger child who wished to beat the Gladiator, which results in the ‘My title is’ speech. In order that younger child has grown up, and he’s now the Emperor. I do not know what else occurs at that time, in order that’s the concept. So it’s not a remake.

Crowe’s character, Maximus, died within the unique movie, so that may seemingly preclude him making an look on this sequel. Or possibly not; for a few years, there was a Gladiator sequel in improvement that may have starred Crowe and seen his character get resurrected from the afterlife and rejoin his son in the actual world. Different drafts of the film reportedly included Jesus Christ as a personality — and probably an opponent! — of Maximus. On this model Maximus would have supposedly develop into an immortal, and survived to see the autumn of Rome, after which lived via numerous different wars as much as the current day.

The story for the sequel they’re truly making now takes place some time after Maximus dies. And with Crowe not returning for this movie it is going to as a substitute star Aftersun actor Paul Mescal, supposedly as Maximus’ grownup son.