Russell Crowe is sharing his thoughts on Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator' sequel, and it's not too positive. The actor, who is not part of the sequel film is saying he's slightly uncomfortable with it being made. During a recent interview with Kyle Meredith, the Oscar-winning actor said, "I'm slightly uncomfortable with the fact they're making another one — because, of course, I'm dead and I have no say in what gets done. But a couple of the things I've heard I'm like, '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 six foot under. So we'll see what that is like."
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00:00Russell Crowe is sharing his thoughts on Ridley Scott's Gladiator sequel and it's not too positive.
00:07The actor who's not part of the sequel film is saying he's slightly uncomfortable with it being
00:11made. During a recent interview with Kyle Meredith, the Oscar-winning actor said,
00:15"...I'm slightly uncomfortable with the fact they're making another one. Because, of course,
00:20I'm dead and I have no say in what gets done. But a couple of the things I've heard,
00:24I'm like, no, no, no, that's not in the moral journey of that particular character.
00:28But I can't say anything. It's not my place. I'm six foot under. So we'll see what that is like."
00:32Crowe played Roman General Maximus in 2000's Gladiator. The film, also directed by Scott,
00:38follows his character as he sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor
00:42who murdered his family and sent him into slavery. The actor continued, noting,
00:46"...this is just me being purely honest. There's definitely a tinge of melancholy,
00:50a tinge of jealousy." In the sequel, Paul Meskel takes on the lead role of adult Lucius,
00:55depicted in the original movie by Joaquin Phoenix. He told Esquire last year that,
01:00"...the film is definitely the biggest one I've done."
01:02When asked if he had spoken to Crowe regarding the original Gladiator,
01:06the Normal People star responded, "...I don't know what we would talk about. Like,
01:09I'd love to hear his stories from filming, but the character is, like, totally separate."
01:13The film, also starring Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington,
01:16Joseph Quinn and Connie Nielsen, is set to hit theaters on November 22.
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