A shekara ta 2001, Russell Cowe ya dauki Oscar a cikin nadin "mafi kyawun actor" don rawar da ke cikin fim ɗin "gladiator". Kwanan nan, a cikin wata hira, dan wasan mai shekaru 56 da haihuwa ya yarda cewa a wannan lokacin ya samu daga wata ma'ana laifin, don haka ya kasa jin daɗin satin sa. Cracene ya yi imanin cewa "bai cancanci" dukkan wadancan yabo ba, wanda aka samu tare da kyautar, saboda "Ridley Scott.
Bayan rawar da ke cikin gaddado, na sami yabo sosai da lambobin yabo. Kuma, a bayyane yake, ya kawo ni sabon matakin,
- fara russell. Ya tuna yadda ya kalli "Gladtor" lokacin da aka nuna shi a cikin coliseum.
Na kalli fim din da tunani: Wannan darektan fim ne. Me yasa na sami kulawa ta idan wannan lada ta yanke watsi da Scott?
- Russell.
Tun da farko, a cikin wata hira da Jimmy Fallon, Cara Cowon ya yarda cewa na fara ƙin rawar da Jamadaci ". Ya ce harba a cikin wannan fim ya kasance "kwarewa ta musamman" a bangare saboda "yanayin asali yana da mummunar."
Ya kasance mara kyau sosai. Na karanta shi kuma na yi tunani: "Lafiya, um ... Ee,"
- in ji dan wasan. Duk da wannan, karama ya yarda da rawar, bayan ya yi magana da Daraktan.