@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.

Noobmaster69 :

die_adre :

Strength and Honor! 💪

filmmonkey :

What a film.

AbuTheGreat :

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

tristann :

It's absolutely worth watching again!

Migue Anna Verdecia :

Máximo máximo you are the best because you fights with the best

PAIN :

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

tongki :

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

martatryc :

Spring 🌸 :

The best movie ever❤️

SMILE🎖️🪖 :

This sound is forever stucked in my hand

￴￴ :

Are you not entertained

Metatrone🧘💫 :

he also casted in GOT- Ned Stark

Cisco Linux :

what we do in life.. echoes and eternity.

Mosesike :

Strength and Honor 🤝💪

t :

i wish i could be in old life 😳

mahdialia :

Armand🎭Amd :

The best movie ever in history GLADIATOR…TROY…300 SPARTANS…TITANIC

preda :

Hans88 :

TJHat :

Such an epic fucking movie. I saw a viewing where the music was played live by the Philadelphia Philharmonic so fucking awesome

SCHWARZENEGGER :

RUSSELL CROWE ROCKS 👍👏

Average Joel's Entertainment :

Absolute banger!