In honor of the 20th anniversary of the release of the film "Gladiator" his creators and actors told Variety, how hardly the work took place on the picture. Many points in the film were created by the joint work of the director, the scenario and actors. Russell Crowe said:
I often have been talking about Ridley: "And let's try to make a movie in which it will be known what we will do before we start work."
Ridley himself recalls:
During the filming of the first scene, Russell asks: "What should I say?" And I answer him: "They will sit here on the branch. And you look at her. This will be your irony - a red breast of birds and a battlefield, bleeding. " He agrees, configures on this image, and then: "Wait, and say, what should I?" I am: "Well, I don't know, try to say" Good morning. "
The performer of the role of Lucillia Connie Nielsen was introduced his contribution:
In the initial scenario there were many inaccuracies. In one place I had to pronounce an accusatory speech against the "police state". And I ask: "Do you seriously want me in ancient Rome" Police State "?" In one place, it was about the museum, but this word then had a completely different meaning.
The screenwriter David Franceni's paintings on the question, and what he did if the film was created directly on the shooting area by the director and actors, replied:
It was in the spirit of the 60s. We sat and painted on the sand, how scenes will look like. We all drank whiskey and smoked cigars, constantly exchanged ideas and remarks. And when everyone went to bed, I wrote new versions of the script. And at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning, they handed them to Ridley.