Gladiator (film)/Trivia


 * Actor Allusion: Derek Jacobi wants to reform Rome.
 * Deleted Scene: One of them has two guards who screwed up and allowed Maximus to escape about to be executed with arrows, and Commodus walking in front of them while the archers are tensed to fire, and standing directly between the two condemned men as they are killed by arrows. This is supposed to show how self-destructive he's become since becoming emperor. This scene and several others have since been added back in with a recent Director's Cut, as is the increasing norm for a Ridley Scott movie.
 * Star-Making Role: An Academy Award winning one for Russell Crowe.