Kwinkqubo yokukhuthaza ifilimu yayo entsha, "i" runtic "iRussell yanika udliwanondlebe kunye nesahlulo sePortal. Ngexesha lencoko, umlingisi ophakathi kweli tyala wakhumbula enye yeepeyinti eziphambili kumsebenzi wakhe - iPeppum Higley Scott "I-Goliator", eyakhutshwa ngo-2000. Ngoku uScott kunye neqela lakhe lesikripthi lisebenza kwindalo yomkhondo. Kule meko, kuyavela umbuzo ofanelekileyo: Ngaba kufanelekile ukulinda ukubuya kwe-maxis kwinxalenye yesibini? Siya kukhumbuza, ekupheleni kwefilimu yentsusa, iqhawe lesihloko labulawa, kodwa uCrou uthi abadalekileyo baqwalasele ukhetho novuko lwakhe:
Sele bendikudala, kwakudala, kwakungekho mfuneko yokuba ndithethe noDouglas [Whita, umvelisi]. Ixesha lokugqibela ndithetha naye, wabelana nam umbono omangalisayo, owona mthwalo ususwe kwi-colossem, ethathwe ngeoyile, ethambekele emqolombeni kwaye uvale umnyango kuyo ilitye. Kodwa emva kwelitye, ilitye liqengqiwe, laphuma liphezulu. Ndathi: "Arc, andicingi ukuba sinelungelo leli bali." Kodwa le ncoko yenzeka kwakudala. Andicingi ukuba ngalo mzuzu ubuhlungu bam bavavanywa.
Ababukeli abaninzi boyika ukuba ukuqhubeka kwe- "Gladiator" kuya kuba mbi ngakumbi kuneyokuqala, ngumsebenzi opheleleyo. Ngaba iyavakala ekuvuseleleni eli bali? Ngokucacileyo, abacebisi bayaziqonda yonke imingcipheko, ethembisayo ukuze bafundise ifilimu kwimveliso kuphela ukuba bayakwazi ukuphuhlisa imeko enesidima.