Russell Crowe says ‘Gladiator 2’ flopped because makers didn’t understand Maximus’ “moral core”

Russell Crowe has discussed the reason he felt that Gladiator II was inferior to the original movie.READ MORE: ‘Gladiator 2’ review: back to Rome for Paul Mescal’s Colosseum-sized sequelThe sequel, released last year, picks up years after the original Gladiator movie, and saw Paul Mescal play Lucius, the child who witnessed Maximus’ (Crowe) death in the first movie, return to Rome seeking revenge on the empire.
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