In order to facilitate the return of Russell Crowe’s Maximus, the newly announced sequel to Gladiator will reveal that the events of the first film were just a dream.
The film will open with Connie Nelson’s Lucilla waking to the sound of water.
She gets out of bed and wanders through her Roman villa to the bathroom where she finds someone in the shower.
She flings the shower door open to reveal Maximus washing his hair.
He asks her what the matter is and she replies that she’s had the most terrible dream.
“We needed Russ back, obviously, we can’t do Gladiator without Russ,” said director Ridley Scott.
“But you know, he died at the end of the first picture.
“The only credible way to deal with that is to make the entirety of first film Lucilla’s dream.
“Pretty clever, right? Well, you don’t get an Oscar without being a world class storyteller.”
The twice-winner of Beard Monthly’s Man of the Year did reveal that other options were considered.
“Oh sure, we considered a black magic resurrection, an Invasion of the body-snatchers pod person, filming a scene with Maximus in the crowd going ‘hey, that guy looks like me,’ or having him just get back up going ‘it wasn’t that bad,’ but the dream thing made the most sense.”
Gladiator II: Return of the Max will be released in 2024.
Unless this is all a dream.
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