As should be abundantly clear after “Napoleon,” “Robin Hood,” and “Kingdom of Heaven,” Ridley Scott is interested in history as a vehicle for studying characters and/or huge volleys of flaming arrows.

Nobody goes to see a Ridley Scott film expecting historical accuracy. When his most recent epic, Napoleon, opened at the end of 2023, it was criticised for everything from the 49-year old Joaquin ...

Is Gladiator 2 historically accurate? It's the question on everyone's lips – not out of genuine academic interest, for the most part, but because it's so easy to anticipate exactly how director Ridley ...

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Key Takeaways Gladiators only fought 2-3 times annually, spending most of their time training intensively in gladiator ...

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 sees the action return to the Colosseum as Lucius Verus (Paul Mescal) takes his place in the brutal arena. However, the director explains to Total Film that returning to the ...

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Gladiator was a monumental action movie entrenched in ancient history. While Russell Crowe’s Maximus was created for the film, Emperor Commodus and his daughter Lucilla actually existed, although ...