@filmenthusiast: 26 years ago today. Ridley Scott released Gladiator and gave cinema one of the most iconic character introductions ever put on screen. What most people do not know is how close Joaquin Phoenix came to walking away from it entirely. He felt so out of his depth playing Commodus that he offered to pay the producers back for his hotel and travel costs if they would just let him leave. He stayed. And the performance he delivered earned him his first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. The script was so unfinished when filming began that the crew started shooting with only 32 pages. Commodus's line "Am I not merciful?" was fully ad-libbed by Phoenix on the day. Russell Crowe invented "Strength and Honor" on the spot. The film grossed $466 million worldwide and won five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor for Crowe.

user67444297571 :

Does not matter! Russell Crowe will always be the Star of Gladiator, that's the point. It was like he was really a great but wronged noble Roman Commander, that haunts us in real life! That's how great an Actor, Russell is. Maybe Russell is really a noble Descendent of a Roman Commander, because we can feel such a great Roman Soul in Russell.

Noobmaster69 :

die_adre :

Strength and Honor! 💪

tongki :

Fine, i'll watch it again for the hundred times

jojoaotnz :

😭😭😭😭 This always makes me cry. I love this movie but I can’t watch it because I cry too much

PAIN :

26 years later and still a masterclass, are you not entertained?

Lala :

Spring 🌸 :

The best movie ever❤️

Yaz :

One of the best films to this date

zainab🤎 :

tristann :

It's absolutely worth watching again!

Zeal🥀❤️ :

One of the best movie of far🙂 Old but Gold🫶❤️

Jaspis :

Sei stark, habe deine Vision, deine Persönlichkeit...❤️

SMILE🎖️🪖 :

This sound is forever stucked in my hand

OFWBD :

best movie 🥰

mahdialia :

martatryc :

AbuTheGreat :

If you can watch a masterpiece again and again and again and again it will be Gladiator…

filmmonkey :

What a film.

￴￴ :

Are you not entertained

Memu_Baby :

Now we are free

KatyDelday :

Goosebumps everytime! Best film I’ve ever watched!