Scott wants a sequel to his Gladiator
Unbelievably Ridley Scott wants a sequel to his film Gladiator, despite the character being, well...dead. There was one written once, by Nick Cave the musician and writer of The Proposition, however it didn't go down well as it turned Maximus into an immortal character, the eternal warrior who passed through every major battle in history.
Now to me, that sounds fantastic, but it didn't to the makers and presumably Scott himself. However in an interview in ContactMusic through Digital Spy, he's quoted as saying:
"I will probably do a sequel to Gladiator. The only problem is Russell Crowe was such a powerful presence and, of course, Maximus dies at the end. We'll have to get Russell back somehow."
So how could they possibly get the character back without actually making him return from the dead? Any ideas? Of course they could do a prequel but then he's not a Gladiator, so that kind of defeats the purpose of the film. Has anyone any ideas?
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