GLADIATOR Wasn't Built in a Day

Gladiator 2 is here, 24 years after Gladiator’s release. Ridley Scott’s Gladiator was a huge hit, but the making of Gladiator was a saga worthy of the Colosseum. This video essay looks at the making of Gladiator, and also looks at the long and windy road to make Gladiator 2, with Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal, not the Gladiator 2 script written by Nick Cave…. 🔵 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: https://www.patreon.com/pentexproductions 🔵 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 00:00 – Are you not entertained? 02:31 – The making of Gladiator 17:16 – The making of Gladiator 2 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗫 𝗢𝗡 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘, 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘 ☑️ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/pentexproductions ☑️ Twitter https://twitter.com/PentexP (mostly for James Bond chat) ☑️ Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/PentexPenguin (to prove I watch other movies besides LOTR and James Bond) ☑️ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pentexfromyoutube/ (for brief movie reviews, and wider channel updates) 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 🎵 Gladiator Spirit, by Carlos Estella, licenced via Pond5 🎵 Tranquil Fields by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com), Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License 🎵 Fantasy Motion (loop ready) by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com), Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License 🎵 Fiesta de la Vida - Aaron Kenny, Youtube Audio Library 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗦 Most of this video is based on the various behind the scenes material on the Gladiator Extended Edition Blu-ray, which is also the source of the behind the scenes footage Information about using the same cinematography techniques as Saving Private Ryan - https://theasc.com/articles/gladiator-death-or-glory Russell Crowe interviews are from Inside the Actor’s Studio and Charlie Rose Gladiator 2 budget and production problems - https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/ridley-scott-gladiator-sequel-production-budget-1235830460/ Nick Cave Gladiator 2 script: https://davidgerard.co.uk/gladiator-2-nick-cave.pdf WTF with Marc Maron podcast – Episode 403 – Nick Cave - https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/tag/Nick+Cave Gladiator 2 trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts0N8swyWFI Gladiator II | Making Of An Epic (2024) – Ridley Scott, Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbbNgvm3SS8 #gladiator #gladiator2 #paulmescal