Following up a movie as legendary, quotable, and beloved as Gladiator would never be easy ... Commodus, and Marcus Aurelius. Then there’s everything else, like the Roman Senate.

Mescal also won an Olivier Award for a stage adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, before going on to star in Gladiator ... movie, which starred Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius, who ends ...

The discoveries—slow, careful, uncinematic—are not the stuff Hollywood movies are made of ... NY Emperor Marcus Aurelius decreed gladiator swords be blunted to reduce fatalities.

grown-up son from the first movie, which starred Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius, who ends up in slavery after the murder of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Keoghan has been outspoken about his ...

When it comes to war movies and television shows ... on Commodus and restore Rome to the Republic that Marcus Aurelius once envisioned. “Gladiator II” returns us to ancient Rome, in the ...

Sharareh Drury is a writer on the Movies team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2025 and has worked for Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Gareth Cattermole/BAFTA ...

When a Reddit User u/LassannnfromImgur asked, "What's the most badass line in movie history?" everybody was so undecided on which line from the most popular movies was the best, and it stressed me ...