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Original Gladiator star Russell Crowe is not a fan of Gladiator 2, calling it "a really unfortunate example of even the people in that engine room not actually understanding what made the first one special"

"It wasn't the pomp. It wasn't the circumstance. It wasn't the action. It was the moral core"

Total Film · Dec 9, 2025

Gladiator 2 is an awful mess – no wonder it made Russell Crowe uncomfortable

STATE OF THE ARTS: Critics have generally been kind to the eagerly anticipated sequel to the Oscar-winning 2000 blockbuster. But these critics are wrong, insists Patrick Smith. It’s a rushed, poorly acted quasi-remake from which only Denzel Washington and a well-dressed monkey emerge unscathed. What was Ridley Scott thinking?

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2024

Rupert Everett reveals he asked Ridley Scott for role in Gladiator 2 but ‘nothing happened’

Actor said he received an ‘American no’

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2024

Russell Crowe explains why he was spotted near Gladiator 2 set

‘It was like a time warp,’ Maximus Decimus Meridius actor said

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023

Russell Crowe explains why he was spotted near Gladiator 2 set

‘It was like a time warp,’ Maximus Decimus Meridius actor said

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2023