Russell Crowe recently spoke to Australia’s Triple J and shared his disappointment with “ Gladiator 2 ,” Ridley Scott’s 2024 sequel to the Oscar-winning “Gladiator.” Crowe headlined the original movie but was not a fan of the follow-up.

“I think the recent sequel that, you know, we don’t have to name out loud is a really unfortunate example of even the people in that engine room not actually understanding what made the first one special,” Crowe said. “It wasn’t the pomp. It wasn’t the circumstance. It wasn’t the action. It was the moral core.”

Crowe, who won the Oscar for best actor thanks to his performance as Maximus in “Gladiator,” said he was always committed to preserving his character’s moral core during the making of the original movie. His steadfastness led to creative clash

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