Russell Crowe says he’s “slightly uncomfortable” with ‘Gladiator 2’

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Russell Crowe has spoken about Ridley Scott‘s Gladiator 2, revealing that he’s “slightly uncomfortable” that a sequel is being made.Speaking to Kyle Meredith, Crowe said: “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.

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.”Watch Crowe’s comments on ‘Gladiator 2’ at the 33:10 mark below.Crowe continued: “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. I remember when I had tendons.”Crowe starred in 2000’s Gladiator as Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is betrayed and enslaved as a gladiator.