Gladiator was “so bad”.The actor, who played Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius in Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic, spoke of his experience on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.“Gladiator was a unique experience because the script that they had was so bad, it was just so bad,” Crowe began.“The producer didn’t know I’d actually already been able to get a copy but the thing he said is ‘I don’t want to send you the document we have, because you won’t respond to it’.” The actor explained he was instead convinced by Scott, who shared his vision for the film beyond the page.“He was so prepared and the things he was showing me and the visual images and the mathematics of how he was going to not have to build an entire Colosseum yet still shoot.
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