Gladiator: Pause 1 hour and 27 minutes to check out this ‘ref’ you missed

Even after more than two decades, Gladiator still has secrets to uncover. While the most dedicated fans are sure to know this reference, not everyone does, so let’s talk about it if you will.

At the end of the first act, in a scene with young Lucius (Spencer Treat Clark), son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and nephew of the dreaded Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), Maximus (Russell Crowe) explains to him that he had two. The horses at home, which were taken from him, and which are engraved on the breastplate of his armour. He then points to the ornaments on the chest and reveals their names: Argento and Scato (not Scarto, as the film credits say).

Translated from Latin, Argento means silver, and Scatto, a word now common in Italian, means a mechanical device, which in modern language translates as “click”, “trigger” or “trigger” in English. In the DVD Extended Edition commentary, Russell Crowe We joke about these names and then find out where they come from.

Rediscover the scene in the excerpt below:

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In the 1950s series The Lone Ranger, which was later made into a film starring Johnny Depp, the hero’s mountain was named Silver, meaning argent and thus Argento. As for Scatto, it evokes the name of Trigger, the horse of another legendary small-screen cowboy: Roy Rogers. Thus, silver and trigger become argento and scatto, their counterparts, the epic Roman version. Therefore, he confirmed the reports Russell Crowe And Ridley Scott himself in the film’s audio commentary.

You can find this iconic armor in Gladiator II, as well as Lucius, now grown up and taking on the features of Paul Mescal.

Gladiator II will debut on our screens on November 13. Meanwhile, Gladiator, the original, can still be seen streaming on Prime Video.

Hear Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott talk about these reports in the audio commentary below: