Already twenty years old from the moment of the release of the peplum "Gladiator", but the executor of the capital role Russell Crowe is still amazed by the influence of this film on pop culture. According to the actor, the "gladiator" is so popular that even after two decades, this picture can be found on a particular channel in Prime-Time. Against this background, talks about the release of potential sequel, the development of which has already been engaged in Ridley Scott. The continuation of the "gladiator" is a seductive project, but Crowe himself doubts that such a film will eventually come out. In an interview site E! The actor said:
I can tell you that the conversations about the continuation began on the last day of filming [the original "gladiator"]. I repeat, from the last day. Since then, there have been many different ideas on how to approach this story. At the moment I do not lead any negotiations [on participation in the sequel]. Call me boring, but I want to remind you that I died in the first film. So I do not know. Is it possible to replay everything after so many years? We could ...
For the first time about the preparing continuation of the "gladiator" spoke in 2018. In May of this year, the star of the first film Connie Nielsen confirmed that producers really work out this option. It is known that at the moment the creators are focused on the scripts, trying to come up with a story that will not give up the original.