Russell Crowe Says He’s “Slightly Uncomfortable” With ‘Gladiator’ Sequel: “A Couple Of Things I’ve Heard I’m Like – No, No, No”
deadline.comRussell Crowe is sharing his thoughts on the Gladiator sequel, which will drop in theaters later this year. The actor starred in the 2000 Ridley Scott film but is not part of the sequel as his character, the Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, died.
Crowe doesn’t seem particularly thrilled that the film is getting a sequel 24 years later. “I’m slightly uncomfortable with the fact they’re making another one — because, of course, I’m dead and I have no say in what gets done,” Crowe said on the Kyle Meredith With… podcast. “But a couple of the things I’ve heard I’m like — no, no, no, that’s not in the moral journey of that particular character.
But I can’t say anything, it’s not my place, I’m six foot under. So we’ll see what that is like.” He continued, “It does, in a funny way — I reflect back: the age I was when I made that film and all the things that came after it, the doors that particular movie opened for me.
This is just me being purely honest: there’s definitely a tinge of melancholy, a tinge of jealousy.” He then quipped, “I remember when I had tendons.” This is not the first time that Crowe weighs in on Gladiator 2.
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