Maximus' legacy looms large in Gladiator II, but there's a reason why his name was crossed out on the wall of the gladiator ...

A great hero needs a great villain. That’s exactly what Russell Crowe’s Maximus had in Gladiator. Joaquin Phoenix‘s Commodus was a slimy, conniving monster who made our skin crawl. We still hate him ...

Gladiator 2 was without the biggest star from Gladiator, Russell Crowe, but scribe Peter Craig says this wasn’t always the case. Maximus (Crowe) dies at the end of Gladiator, so it wasn’t a shock to ...

A new Gladiator 2 trailer is here, and it promises a brutal return to the Colosseum. Set two decades after the events of Gladiator, the sequel focuses on Paul Mescal's Lucius, the son of Lucilla and ...

Given the actor’s filmography, Russell Crowe looks like an intimidating dude. He’s played Les Miserables’ Javert, Man of Steel’s Jor-El, Noah of the Bible and even Robin Hood. So you’d think a serious ...

Gladiator II has now arrived in UK cinemas and you might still be wondering if you can expect to see more of Russell Crowe's Maximus Decimus Meridius (father to a murdered son etc). If you just want ...