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THRussell Crowe was continually unhappy with the ack screenplay, re-writing much of it to suit his own ends. He would frequently walk off the set if he didn’t get his way. The famous line “And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next” he initially refused to say, telling screenwriter William Nicholson, “Your lines are garbage, but I’m the greatest actor in the world, and I can make even garbage sound good”. He said the speech anyway,
because he was unable to ad-lib anything better.
Nicholson said, “In his defense, my lines probably were garbage.”
Russell Crowe admitted that he felt unworthy of all the praise and the Oscar for Best Actor that he got for this film. After seeing the completed film, he felt it was a “director’s film,” and that the Oscar should have gone to Sir Ridley Scott instead.
This is Russell Crowe’s favorite of any American movie that he has done. He also cites Maximus as his favorite role.
🎥 : Gladiator (2000)
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