How are the actors of “Gladiator” 20 years after the premiere (and some secrets from filming)

Gladiator is a historical action-adventure drama starring Russell Crowe, Joaquín Phoenix and Connie Nielsen. The film opened in the United States on May 5, 2000 and was a huge box office success. In addition, it was important because it revived the epic genre in Hollywood, inspired by antiquity stories. Gladiator received many awards and won five Oscar categories, including best picture and best actor, for Russell Crowe.

Today the awesome.club will show you how the main actors are doing in what was the most awarded film of the year 2000. At the end of the post, we bring a bonus with some curious data about the recordings.

Actor Russell Crowe was born in New Zealand and also works as a producer, director and musician. After the initial success in Australia, it was with Gladiator which became internationally known. Russell participated in other great movie successes, including A brilliant mind🇧🇷 robin hood and The miserable🇧🇷 His most recent work was in the miniseries The Strongest Voice🇧🇷

Joaquín Rafael Phoenix is ​​an actor, environmentalist, animal rights activist and film producer. In addition to his many works as an actor, Joaquín has directed many music videos and produced films and television shows. Among the actor’s greatest successes, Johnny & June🇧🇷 Is it over there🇧🇷 Maria Madalena and obviously jokerthe film that won him the Oscar for best actor.

after the GladiatorConnie Nielsen has starred in many other films, including Mars mission🇧🇷 Portraits of an Obsession and hunted🇧🇷 Connie won the best actress award at a Danish festival for her performance in brothers. The role also won him an award at the San Sebastián International Festival. His most recent work was in the film Nobodyfrom 2021.

Derek Jacobi is a well-known actor and director in England. In addition to GladiatorDerek participated in other great movie successes, including grace of monaco🇧🇷 Seven Days with Marilyn🇧🇷 The king’s speech and Murder in Gosford Park🇧🇷 A curious fact about him is that he was knighted in 1994, as well as a member of the Danish Order of Dannebrog. His last work was in the series The Crown🇧🇷

Djimon Gaston Hounsou is a Beninese actor, dancer and model, naturalized American. His biggest movie successes are Gladiator🇧🇷 Land of Dreams, Amistad and Blood diamond🇧🇷 In the Marvel movies, Djimon plays Korath. In addition, he incarnated the Fisherman King, in Aquaman, and the wizard Shazam, in Shazam! His next job will be to voice the character Sumo, in the production Blazing Samurai🇧🇷

Ralf Rudolf Möller is a German actor and bodybuilder. The most outstanding role of his career was in the film Gladiator🇧🇷 His last work as an actor was in sabotage, in 2014.

Tommy Flanagan is a Scottish actor best known for the series Sons of Anarchy and for movies like Gladiator and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. two🇧🇷 In 2016, he appeared in the music video for the song “Rotting in Vain”, by the band Korn. His most recent work was in the award-winning series Westworld.

Spencer Treat Clark is an American actor best known for his performances in Gladiator is at Closed body🇧🇷 He also drew a lot of attention from critics and the public for his work in films such as About Boys and Wolves🇧🇷 The Last House and, more recently, Glass.

David Schofield is a British actor with a long filmography. His biggest television successes include Band of Gold, Footballers’ Wives and Holby City🇧🇷 On the big screen, he became very famous for the role of Ian Mercer in the franchise films. Pirates of the Caribbean. His last work as an actor was in the British series The Adventures of Paddington and Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators.

Giorgio Cantarini is an Italian actor who, before the success of Gladiator became well known for playing the protagonist’s son in the award-winning Italian film Life is Beautiful🇧🇷 In 2001, he joined the cast of In Love and War and his most recent work was in the Italian series District of polizia.

In Maximus’ first fight it is possible to clearly see a cameraman among the spectators. Her outfit contrasts a lot with that of the extras, all dressed according to the season.

In one of the scenes at the Coliseum, it is possible to see how one of the actors wears a shoe that has nothing to do with the costumes of the rest of the cast.

The horse George, from Russell Crowe’s character, is the same one used by the actor in the film robin hood🇧🇷 Russell declared that the two had a great connection and at their reunion ten years later, the first thing he said to the animal was, “Can you believe we won an Oscar?”

According to Russell Crowe himself, at the beginning of the recordings, the original script of Gladiator it was only 21 pages long, when a production of this magnitude usually has one with more than 100. The film, therefore, did not have an ending; it ended up being written in parallel with filming.

Russell couldn’t believe it when his name was called out at the ceremony. The conditions in which the film was produced, the fact that it did not have a script and all the setbacks during the shooting left the actor completely speechless when announced as the winner in the best actor category. Gladiator it was the actor’s first international success and made his career take off.

In one of the fight scenes, Maximus has to share the arena with five tigers. Behind the scenes, there was a vet with tranquilizers in case of an emergency. In the end, it all worked out, but both the actor and his other colleagues were cautious and kept a 4.5 meter distance from the tigers in all scenes.

Maximus’ description of his home in the film is exactly the same as his home in Australia. The kitchen smells were a detail that gave even more sentimentality to a completely improvised scene.

If we look at this scene through a filter of modernity, we might think that thumbs up means the gladiator should be forgiven and down means he should die. However, it was exactly the opposite: the thumbs up meant action with the sword, that is, there was no forgiveness for the gladiator’s life. The production team knew this, but since thumbs up nowadays are a sign of something positive, they chose to reverse the logic, so as not to confuse the audience.

Janty Yates is the stylist who created the film’s costumes Gladiator🇧🇷 She and her team were tasked with creating more than 10,000 outfits for the entire cast and many extras in the production.

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