Join cast and crew members for a behind-the-scenes look at how they rebuilt Rome for Gladiator 2. Gladiator 2 stars Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi, with Connie Nielsen and Denzel Washington.
Gladiator 2 continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome. Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Paul Mescal) is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.
Gladiator 2 is produced by Douglas Wick, p.g.a., Ridley Scott, p.g.a., Lucy Fisher, p.g.a., Michael Pruss, p.g.a., and David Franzoni. Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Raymond Kirk, and Aidan Elliott serve as executive producers. Based on characters by David Franzoni. The story is by Peter Craig and David Scarpa. The screenplay is by David Scarpa.
Gladiator 2, directed by Ridley Scott, is now in theaters.
Gladiator 2 continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome. Years after witnessing the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Paul Mescal) is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors who now lead Rome with an iron fist. With rage in his heart and the future of the Empire at stake, Lucius must look to his past to find strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.
Gladiator 2 is produced by Douglas Wick, p.g.a., Ridley Scott, p.g.a., Lucy Fisher, p.g.a., Michael Pruss, p.g.a., and David Franzoni. Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Raymond Kirk, and Aidan Elliott serve as executive producers. Based on characters by David Franzoni. The story is by Peter Craig and David Scarpa. The screenplay is by David Scarpa.
Gladiator 2, directed by Ridley Scott, is now in theaters.
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00:00Here we are. It's good to be back. Bigger and better than ever.
00:11Arthur Max's production design is of a calibre that is incomparable.
00:18Arthur did the original ideas. He did an incredible job. So I want him back.
00:24Ridley said to me, we're gonna go for scale on this one.
00:27We're going to build everything bigger.
00:30Zero minus two we are now.
00:32Until we shoot.
00:34Which means we've got a hell of a lot of work to do.
00:39We built a five-story real Roman Coliseum. All the streets, all the buildings were full scale.
00:44This is real. It's nothing like having the real thing.
00:47That's crazy, right?
00:52This set is really the size of a small town.
00:56There's an uptown, a downtown, several back streets.
01:00These are the bad neighbourhoods.
01:03There is something so incredible about these sets.
01:07Both huge and in a very personal context.
01:12Arthur Max is at the top of his game. You really see the detail and it's mastery.
01:18All of these are going to be up in the niches of the Coliseum.
01:24It's the creation of the ancient world. It's a team sport.
01:28There's all different departments who are on the first one working with me.
01:32Set dressing, props, greenery, construction, art department, production.
01:45We have to give credit to Joe Matheson for what is called the Valerium.
01:50What the structure does and what the sun does to the shadows reminds you of how big it was.
01:56I've been on some major sets. I've not been on a set like this one.
02:02Arthur has created the real thing. You're seeing it all play out and it's epic.
02:12This is the biggest film I've been on. It's huge.
02:16Cecil B. DeMille on steroids.
02:19It's much larger scale than the first Gladiators.
02:22Everything's hand made. Everything's hand painted.
02:26Every angle is just beautiful.
02:30The signature of all of this is skilled craftsmen and hard work.
02:36I think it's turned out beautifully without question.
02:40Arthur is one of the best I've ever worked with.
02:43He did a great job. I couldn't do this without him.
02:49VALERIUM