CinemaRussell Crowe blasts Nick Cave’s script for Gladiator 2: ‘Bad as shit’Before hitting theaters starring Paul Mescal, Gladiator 2 went through several creative changes over the years today at 10:59

After great success of Gladiator (2000) between public and critics, the director Ridley Scott began to explore possibilities to continue the film. One of them included a script written by Nick Cavesinger of “The Children” and “Red Right Hand,” described as “fucking bad” by Russell Croweinterpreter of Maximus Decimus Meridius.

During an interview with PeopleScott spoke again about the script that Basement he even worked on a sequel, which never happened. However, 24 years later, Gladiator 2 finally got off the ground. The film stars Paul Mescaldirected by Ridley Scott and script written by David Scarpa.

“Russell and I tried this about 18 years ago. I had Nick Cave writing the script and I kept saying [a Russell]: ‘But you’re dead.’ And he said, ‘I know I’m dead. And I want to come back from the dead,'” he recalled.

Then, the filmmaker revealed how Nick Cave found a solution to resurrect Maximus: through a portal. “The only way to do that was to go to another battle and through a dying warrior, he goes back to the warrior’s spirit. So that’s his portal,” he said. Although, Russell Crowe he didn’t like the idea because another actor would play his character.

He said: ‘So this is f***ing bad, is it?’ It didn’t really work.

What is it about Gladiator 2?

Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue and revenge set in Ancient Rome. Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus, Lucius (Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers) is forced into the Colosseum after his home is conquered by tyrannical emperors, who now rule Rome with an iron fist. With anger in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius He must look to his past to find the strength and honor to return glory to the Roman people.

In addition to Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington (Training Day), the cast of Gladiator II still has Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us), Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things), Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us), Fred Hechinger (The White Lotus), May Calamawy (Moon Knight), Lior Raz (Squad 6), Peter Mensah (Spartacus) and Matt Lucas (Maid of Honor Mission) and the returns of Connie Nielsen as Lucilla and Derek Jacobi as Gracchus.

Rolling Stone Brazil film special

Cinema is the theme of the new printed special from Rolling Stone Brazil. In a magazine dedicated to lovers of the seventh art, we interviewed Francis Ford Coppolawho turns 85 amid the release of his new film, Megalopolisa bold and million-dollar undertaking financed by himself.

Unshakable in the face of controversial reactions to the novelty, which took around 40 years to get off the ground, the filmmaker defends the cinema industry’s boldness in being creative and opens up, in plain Portuguese, about Brazil’s influence in his new film: “Alegria” .

The special also features conversations with Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello on I’m Still Herea chat about soundtracks with maestro João Carlos Martins, an exclusive list with the 100 best films in history (50 national, 50 international), another list with the 101 greatest soundtracks in the history of cinema, a warm-up for the Oscars 2025 and the launch radar for Globoplay, Globo Filmes, O2 Play and O2 Filmes for the coming months.

The movie special Rolling Stone Brazil It is now available on newsstands, but can also be purchased at the Perfil publisher’s store for R$29.90. Check it out:

SOURCE:Variety

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