cntraveler.com
22.11.2024
Gladiator II Uses Every Possible Inch of Malta to Recreate Rome
The grandeur and might of ancient Rome was on full display in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, a historical epic that starred Russell Crowe as ferocious gladiator Maximus. Returning to that world for Gladiator II, about Maximus’ son Lucius (Paul Mescal), not only meant reconstructing the city, but going even bigger. “It’s a total continuation,” explains production designer Arthur Max, who was nominated for an Oscar for his work on the first film, “It’s about 15 years later, after the death of Maximus, so essentially nothing would have changed in the Colosseum. We wanted it to be familiar for the people who loved Gladiator and identified with it. But we also wanted to boost the scale.”