Gladiator

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED! Russel Crowe shouts at everyone until they are entertained. He then duffs up a parade of men, tigers, dragons, and whatnot until Rome is nice again. Oliver Reed has some gay giraffes.

A stock image of a Gladiator that might, if you don’t look too hard, look as if it were from Gladiator

Trivia

The story is loosely based on Asterix and Gladiator, with early drafts of the script showing Hagen’s name as Obelix

David Schofield has a small but significant role as Falco, who was famous for his 80s classic ‘Rock Me Amadeus’

To recreate the famous colosseum, Ridley Scott rebuilt the colosseum, scanned it into a computer, and then used technology to make it look like it was full of gladiators and tigers

Disappointingly, Jet, Wolf, or Cobra do not feature

Bloopers

During the chariot race, you can clearly see someone watching the chariot race from Ben Hur on their laptop, which features a small red car in the distance.

Quotes

“My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. I can do the Rubik’s Cube in 4 minutes. I know all the words to Cameo’s Word Up. I’m good with animals. I like nights out with friends, but I’m equally happy curled up in the sofa with a glass of red and a good book.”