Russell Crowe confesses to being uncomfortable with Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2

Russell Crowe spoke about the sequel to Gladiator, the iconic historical action film from Ridley Scott 2000 that allowed him to win various awards including an Oscar as best Actor with his character of the Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius.

It was during an interview given to the program Kyle Meredith With that Russell Crowe, 60, said he felt “slightly uncomfortable” with Gladiator 2the film that will star Paul Mescal as Lucius, nephew of King Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix.

In that sense, Crowe recalled that Maximus Decimus died at the end of the feature film, which is why he maintained that he does not pay attention to Scott’s new project recorded almost 24 years after the first installment.

“I feel slightly uncomfortable with the fact that they are making another (Gladiator) movie because, of course, I am dead and I have no say in what is done (…) But a couple of things I have heard make me think ‘no ‘No, no, that’s not in the moral journey of that particular character.’ But I can’t say anything, it’s not my place, I’m underground. So we’ll see how it turns out,” he declared.

Next, the actor mentioned that Gladiator was one of the films that allowed him to “open the doors” of various projects in Hollywood. “This is being purely honest: there is definitely a touch of melancholy, a touch of jealousy,” he added.

Russell Crowe was fed up with questions about ‘Gladiator 2’

This is not the first time that Russell Crowe answers questions about Gladiator 2, even though he is not part of the cast or production of the film.

“They should pay me for the number of questions they ask me about the damn movie that I’m not even in. I don’t know anything about the cast, I don’t know anything about the plot (…) In that world, I’m dead, two meters under the ground. And that’s it,” Crowe said during an appearance at the Karlovy Vary Film Festivalaccording to Variety.

Previously, Crowe himself confessed to feeling jealous for not being in the sequel. “The only thing I really feel about it is a little bit of jealousy, because I was a lot younger, obviously, and it was a great experience in my life,” he explained to Collider.

‘Gladiator 2’ will star Paul Mescal

This time it will be Paul Mescal who this time stars in Gladiator 2 playing the role of Lucius, the nephew of King Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), who was saved by Maximus Decimus in the original film.

Likewise, they will be Denzel Washington and Peter Pascal like the news in the new filming. The cast of actors will be completed by Connie Nielsen, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, May Calamawy, Lior Raz, Peter Mensah, Matt Lucas, among others.