…this makes me just a little less suspicious of GLADIATOR 2. Although they still should have gotten that insane script about Maximus being immortal and linked up with Jesus somehow? That would have been amazing. And, again, insane.
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PS: I just finished reading TO TURN THE TIDE, which reminded me that it’s actually trivially easy to insert a rich and powerful black man into the Roman milieu. You just have to give him the right clothes, have him speak Latin and Greek with the right accent, and make sure he has a proper Roman education. He still won’t be an Italian, sure. But at least he’ll be civilized, instead of one of those crazy blond German barbarians with rancid butter in their hair.
Denzel has the range of a wet fart.
I haven’t paid to see him perform since 1998 (Fallen) and will now certainly be skipping this one in theaters.
Romans got their gladiators from all over including Africa so that part is actually plausible. That said, he looks a bit long in the tooth to survive in the arena for more than thirty seconds and he looks like he’d be too scrawny for such survival even if he were younger. 🙂
Darn! I should have read your PS before posting. Silly me. 😋