Mu 2001, a Russell Crowell adatenga Oscar posinthanitsa "wochita bwino kwambiri" pantchito ya filimu "Sellatori". Posachedwa, pokambirana mafunso azaka 56 anavomereza kuti panthawiyi inkavutika chifukwa chodziimba mlandu, motero sanathe kusangalala ndi nthawi yake ya nyenyezi. Crowe akukhulupirira kuti "osati koyenera" kwa matamando onsewo, omwe adalandira limodzi ndi mphothoyo, chifukwa "filimuyo idabweretsa wotsogolera" - Ridley Scott.
Pambuyo pa gawo la Gladiator, ndidalandira kuvomerezedwa ndi mphotho. Ndipo, mwachidziwikire, andibweretsa ku gawo lina,
- adayamba Russell. Adakumbukira momwe adawonera "gladiator" pomwe adawonetsedwa mu coliseum.
Ndinayang'ana kanemayo ndipo ndimaganiza kuti: Uwu ndi wotsogolera wafilimu. Chifukwa chiyani ndidayang'anatu chidwi chonse ngati mphothoyi idapeza Ridley Scott?
- adagawa Russell.
M'mbuyomu, pokambirana ndi Jimmy Fanon, Crowe adavomereza kuti ndidayamba kufooketsa bwino udindo wawo wa "Beadiator". Ananena kuti kuwombera mufilimuyi kunali "zokumana nazo zapadera" chifukwa "zodabwitsazi zinali zoyipa kwambiri."
Anali woipa kwambiri. Ndinawerenga ndikuganiza kuti: "Chabwino, UM ... Inde,"
- adatero wosewera. Ngakhale izi, lenw adavomera udindowu atakambirana ndi wotsogolera.