Kukhala mlendo wa kumasulidwa kwina kwa "usiku wowonetsa ndi Jimmy Benon", Russell Crow pakukambirana ndi kutsogolera komwe amavomereza kuti anali wamanjenje, amasamalira gawo lalikulu mufilimu "Beladiator" Ridley Scott. Cholinga chake chinali chakuti gawo loyambirira la Peccpem likuwoneka ngati wochita sewerolo "loipa kwambiri":
Wokondwerera tsopano wakhala wondichitikira padera, chifukwa zodabwitsa zakhala zoyipa kwambiri. Wopanga sanadziwe kuti ndinakwanitsa kupeza zolemba pasadakhale, koma anandiuza kuti: "Sindikufuna kukutumizirani nkhaniyi, chifukwa simudzamulankhulira. Koma ndikukulimbikitsani kuti mukomane ndi Ridley Scott. Ndikufunanso kuti muganize za: Izi ndi zaka 180. E., ndiwe Mtsogoleri wakale wakale wachiroma, ndipo wotsogolera wanu adzakhala wolakwika. Ingoganizirani.
Mwachidziwikire, pakupanga scripture "Mediatortor", adakonzekereratu, chifukwa filimuyo ndi yomwe filimuyi ndi yolimba. Kumbukirani, mu 2001, Glaladiator adalandira mphotho zisanu za Oscar, kuphatikizapo mu osankhidwa "filimu yabwino" komanso "Amuna Aamuna Abwino". Malinga ndi Crowe, kuti "Segartor" amauzidwa mpaka pano, akuwonetsa cholowa cha "chodabwitsa" cha chithunzichi.