Russell Crowe previously said he was "slightly jealous" and "uncomfortable" about the sequel Much has been said about Russell Crowe's absence from the new Gladiator sequel. The actor, now 60, won an Oscar for Best Actor in 2001 for his performance in the first film as Maximus,

Russell Crowe really wanted to be in Gladiator II, despite the obvious problem that his characters dies in the first […] The post Russell Crowe Really Wanted to Be In Gladiator II, Ridley Scott Says appeared first on MovieMaker Magazine.

We examine the road to Gladiator II not taken in a 2001 screenplay by Nick Cave. Written at the behest of Russell Crowe, it "sorted out" Maximus being dead by beginning in the afterlife and ending with America's Vietnam