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May 5, 2000 · Gladiator: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed. A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus: The amoral and power-hungry son of Marcus Aurelius. He murders his father when he learns that Maximus will hold the emperor's powers in trust until a new republic can be formed.
Mar 25, 2023 · Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus in Gladiator is notorious for his chilling presence, but Phoenix’s scariest line was completely improvised in the movie. As Ridley Scott ramps up production on Gladiator 2, what made the first so successful was its brutal combat scenes and an increasingly hostile rivalry between Russell Crowe’s Maximus and ...
The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. Striking story! But now, the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. And what could be more glorious than to challenge the Emperor himself in the great arena?
Mar 14, 2021 · Connie Nielsen on Why Working With Joaquin Phoenix & Russell Crowe on 'Gladiator' Was an Unpredictable Gift. By Perri Nemiroff. Published Mar 14, 2021. Link copied to clipboard. 2000’s...
The film that confirmed Phoenix as a star was the historical epic Gladiator (2000). The Roman epic cast him as the selfish, paranoid young emperor Commodus opposite Russell Crowe 's swarthy hero. Determined to make his character as real as possible, Phoenix gained weight and cultivated a pasty complexion during the shoot.
Sep 28, 2022 · Gladiator | Joaquin Phoenix Learns Russell Crows True Identity: “My Name Is Maximus". Maximus (Russell Crowe) and other gladiators win the Colosseum re-enactment Battle of Zama.
May 4, 2020 · “Gladiator” follows a widowed Roman general Maximus (Crowe), who is forced into slavery as a gladiator, shunted from the battlefield to the arena, where he faces his opponents in brutal...
Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) takes power and strips rank from Maximus (Russell Crowe), one of the favored generals of his predecessor and father, Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the great stoical...
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Jan 6, 2022 · Joaquin Phoenix was earning notice as a villain long before his game-changing Oscar win for Joker. 20 years earlier, he earned another Oscar nomination for an equally psychotic character: Emperor Commodus in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator.
