Thursday, February 16, 2023 / 18:41
After the great success achieved by the first part of the movie “Gladiator” (Warrior) in 2000, “Express” revealed that it is preparing to prepare for a second part, which will also be directed by Ridley Scott, to be ready for showing in cinemas on November 22, 2024.
but siteIMDbThe American film specialist, talked about a problem faced by the director of the first part, Ridley Scott, related to his desire to invest in returning the character of Maximus (star Russell Crowe), the hero of the first part, who dies at the end of the events.
Ideas for the new part
And the site mentioned that both Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott thought carefully about a number of hypotheses and ideas to create a new part in which the presence of the main hero is convincing, and among the proposals is resorting to quoting myths, such as carrying Maximus (after his death on the ground of the ring) at the end of the first part. To an enchanted cave high in the mountains, anointing it with oils and medicines, and closing the cave over it with a large rock, and after days the rock opens, and Maximus comes out alive.
However, – according to Russell Crowe – fear arose from the public’s rejection of the mythical idea, the viewer’s failure to accept the work, and its inclusion in the framework of fantasy, not history, and it was finally decided to focus on completing the new part of the first version, so that Lucius the Child (the son of the hero of the first part) would have grown up And he seeks revenge, with the possibility of keeping “Crow” in the sequel as a “flashback”.
New hero and complete the novel
From here, the site indicatedExpressThat director Scott and script writer David Scarpa decided to launch the events of the new part after several years had passed, and to start with the young Lucius’ journey for revenge, so that the young actor Paul Mascart (27 years) was chosen to play the role, without there being precise details about the text that Director Scott confirmed during a meeting at the House of Gucci in 2021 that it had already been written and ready for implementation, provided that it was preceded by the film of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
It is noteworthy that Maskart rose to fame when he played a major role two years ago, in the BBC series entitled “Ordinary People”, and since then he was nominated for an Academy Award in the movie “After Sun”, which was shown recently and was well received by critics and audiences.