with gladiator, the producer said, listen, i want you to look at this first before you even read anything. and he showed me this painting. it was the corner of clearly the coliseum, so you have him standing over a slave who is about to get killed. he s looking up for permission at the guy who is clearly nero who is doing that, in other words, kill him. and i said, i ll do it. he read the script and said, i don t care, i think we can get this right, let s do it. are you not entertained? are you not entertained? isn t that why you are here? i must have had half a dozen phone calls with ridley about russell. i think he was a really raw talent who was just discovering the power he had. slave. remove your helmet and tell me your name. he s marvelous. russell s big thing is that heart he has in his voice. my name is maximus meridius, commander of the armys of the north, loyal servant to the true emperor, marcus aurelius, father to a murdered son, husband to
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