Ridley Scott explains why emperors in his films are all ‘crazy’ – the answer is in their water - ‘Your choice is water or wine. When you drink water, it’s through a lead system that by ...

Lucius’ reunion with Lucilla is made up for the film as well. The real Lucilla was executed by Commodus two years into his reign, in the year 182 AD. Siege of Numidia ...

Caligula. This 1979 Italian cult classic stars Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange) as the titular young Roman who assumes control of an empire in decline and, by the film’s end, has grown mad ...

Now, one thing about him, he was the first Roman emperor who wasn’t of senatorial status. When he became emperor, ... They’re co-emperors in the film, as they were at one point in history.

Gladiator II picks up years after the original film, taking place during the reign of the co-emperors Caracalla (played by Fred Hechinger) and Geta (Joseph Quinn) in the early 3rd century AD.

The clash of conservative titans had Meyers feeling like a Roman emperor: “I just want someone to feed me grapes while I say, ...

Ridley Scott has revealed why the emperors in his films all tend to be a bit unstable – turns out it’s all the lead in their water pipes.. Scott’s recent directorial venture Gladiator 2 ...

Ridley Scott explains why emperors in his films are all ‘crazy’ – the answer is in their water ‘Your choice is water or wine. When you drink water, it’s through a lead system that by ...