The prospect of a sequel to the hugely popular swords-and-sandals epic Gladiator has been on the back-burner for years now.
It’s just really a clear creative problem, working on a script, and if we can ever get it to a place …
If you do Godfather, you say, ‘Okay, the audience loves these stars in this wardrobe,’ and you bring back the old team.”
As time passed, Scott’s plans were scrapped, with the Gladiator sequel instead looking to move past Maximus and focus on Connie Nielsen’s character Lucilla’s son, Lucius.