Russell Crowe nearly passed on the role of Maximus in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator”. On the 20th anniversary of the film, which would go on to win five Oscars including Best Picture and nab Crowe the Best Actor award, the Aussie star tells Variety he had reservations about the script.
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The actor has been open about the lack of a finished “Gladiator” script when filming began, with the cast improvising many lines of dialogue.
But Crowe and Scott were both sold on the pitch by producer Walter Parkes. Parkes famously convinced Scott to direct by showing him a
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