“They should pay me for the number of questions they asked me about a movie I’m not even in“, Gladiator 2’s Russell Crowe told reporters at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival (via Variety ), where he went to accept an award for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema.
It has nothing to do with me. In this world I am dead. Six feet under the ground. But I admit I’m a little jealous because it reminds me of my youth and what it meant to my life. I don’t know anything about the actors, I don’t know anything about the plot. I am dead! But I know that if Ridley decided to do the second part of the story, more than 20 years later, he must have had very good reasons. I find this movie to be nothing short of spectacular.
Russell Crowe’s real life projects
During the Czech Festival, Russell Crowe He also talked about his passion for music and the director’s future projects, including several unreleased documentaries. Before that, he can be found in Kraven the Hunter with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, The Georgetown Project, and Nuremberg, in which he portrays the Nazi Hermann Goering. He also talked about Julius Avery’s The Exorcist of the Vatican, in which his character uncovers a conspiracy that the Vatican has been trying to hide, and so the second installment is scheduled for 2025. Finally, the actor took time to present a special performance. Master & Commander: The Other Side of the World by Peter Weir, which chronicles the unfortunate fate of the film.
“Peter slowed down the exit. We finished production before Pirates of the Caribbean started, but it came out before us. Once people laughed a lot, it was hard for the general public to take what we were doing seriously.“, he said.
“It was such an expensive exercise for the studio that they decided to market it as Gladiator Goes to Sea. That means everyone was disappointed. . It was not an action film: it was a poem, an essay about life on a ship at that time. Gallantry among men who understand that authority and order are essential to the safety of all.“
But besides remembering the past, Russell Crowe It also reflected on his future as he prepares to turn 60 next year.
“You stand in front of the mirror and say, “Who the hell is that?” I am in this period now. I will take Ridley Scott as a model: he is still discovering new things in his work. Or I’ll just give up and you’ll never hear from me again. I haven’t decided what it will be. These two are very valid choices.“
Gladiator (she with Russell Crowe) can be seen on Amazon Prime Video.
Source: Allocine
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