Yes, Russell Crowe can be a total jackass, but I still contend he is probably the best actor in the business today. Now the man is talking about a Gladiator 2. But you may ask yourself “How the hell can they do a Gladiator 2 when Maximus dies a the end of the first one?”. Ahhh… a fine question my friend.
Crowe is saying the draft script deals in the metaphysical and that Maximus is actually dead. Hmmm… I don’t know about that. On the one hand you could delve a little into ancient Roman mythology here and come up with something interesting… but on the other hand it seems like a bit of a desperate stretch.
Personally, I like the other idea for a sequel that Cinema Eye is floating more than Gladiator:
While a GLADIATOR seems like a long shot, one of Crowe’s other films seems like a potential franchise in the making: MASTER AND COMMANDER. When asked about a sequel, Crowe said: “ It comes up all the time, man. People I meet – bankers, doctors, pilots – are always pulling me aside and saying, ‘So, Captain Aubrey. When do you think he might set sail again? Contractually, with Fox, I’m not required to. Everybody else is if they want to do another one.
Apparently there are like 20 books that they can draw source material from with a whole bunch of rich characters. It’ll be interesting to see if they actually do anything with this.
