Iconic Gladiator quotes have helped solidify the movie's reputation as a cinematic achievement and are just as memorable as the big battle scenes. The dialogue in Gladiator is responsible for ...

How do you follow Russell Crowe’s iconic Maximus, Joaquin Phoenix’s detestable Emperor Commodus, and all that sweet swords-and-sandals action (plus a best picture Oscar win) and not look silly?

It’s been 24 years since Ridley Scott’s Gladiator entertained us ... With Joaquin Phoenix’s Emperor Commodus dead, Rome is now under the brutal rule of brothers Geta and Caracalla (Joseph ...

1. In the initial script, the main character was Narcissus, the real-life man who strangled Commodus to death. While most of the film's characters are real ancient figures, Maximus was fictional.

Once Commodus learns of his father’s intentions however, he murders him before news of his wishes can reach the Emperor’s inner circle, including Commodus’s sister, Lucilla (Nielsen ...

In it Mescal, who plays the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus from the original film, is again a slave fighting in games inside the Colosseum. Quinn is the new Caesar deciding the fate of the ...

How do you follow Russell Crowe’s iconic Maximus, Joaquin Phoenix’s detestable Emperor Commodus ... there’s no uttering of “Are you not entertained … too?” But still, even trading ...