Russell Crowe thinks the people behind Gladiator II never understood what made the original film a hit. The Oscar-winning ...

Gladiator star Russell Crowe brands Ridley Scott’s sequel a ‘failure’ - ‘They didn’t understand why original was successful,’ Oscar-winning actor said ...

He wasn’t too happy with this aspect of the sequel.

Russell Crowe has suggested Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II failed to ignite audiences in the same way as the original film ...

The Australian actor, who played the lead in the first 'Gladiator' movie, said he "kept pushing back" against planned sex scenes.

Russell Crowe was not entertained. The actor, 61, is sharing his issue with the 2024 film “Gladiator II.” In Ridley Scott’s 2000 hit movie “Gladiator,” Crowe starred as Maximus alongside Joaquin ...

Is Russell Crowe not entertained? The Master and Commander star criticized Ridley Scott's Gladiator II during a new interview with Triple J, opining that the film failed to recapture the magic of 2000 ...

For obvious reasons—his character died in the 2000 movie, for starters—Gladiator star Russell Crowe didn't return as Maximus in Gladiator II. Last year, the Oscar-winner said that he'd be open to ...

Russell Crowe’s role as Maximus in 2000’s Gladiator him as a bonafide movie star — but it’s the fights he had behind-the-scenes that are now making headlines. “The thing is, there was a daily fight on ...

The star added that the original film appealed to a female audience ‘because it’s not about revenge, it is about vengeance’ – and because it didn’t have a gratuitous sex scene ...

See where the cast of the Oscar-winning 2000 film is now on its 26th anniversary, May 5, 2026 Brendan Le is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. Dreamworks/Universal/Kobal ...