Russell Crowe revealed in a new video interview with Vanity Fair that he almost bailed on Ridley Scott’s 2000 historical epic “Gladiator” because the original script was so strang…
” because the original script was so strange. The film would go on to be one of Crowe’s most iconic movies, grossing $503 million worldwide and winning the Academy Awards for best picture and best actor for Crowe.
Crowe remembered the original script included scenes in which the gladiators rode chariots that had promotions for olive oil and other products on them. While the product placement was meant to evoke real gladiators’ endorsement deals, Crowe was certain such details would throw the audience for a confused loop.
Crowe continued, “He said to me at one point in time, ‘Mate, we’re not committing anything to camera that you don’t believe in 100%.’ So when we actually started that film, we had 21 pages of script that we agreed on. A script is usually between 103 or four or 110 pages. So we had a long way to go and we basically used up those pages in the first section of the movie. So by the time we got to our second location, which was Morocco, we were sort of catching up.
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