In the lead-up toGladiator 2, there has been plenty of speculation aboutRussell Crowereturning as Maximus in the sequel.

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Is Russell Crowe In Gladiator 2?

Russell Crowe, Gladiator

At the time of writing, there is no official confirmation of Russell Crowe appearing inGladiator 2.

That has not stopped the speculation machine from roaring to life though.

It has nothing to do with me.

Russell Crowe In Gladiator

In that world, I am dead.

Where are we?'

I knew how to bring him back through a portal, back to the real world.

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I’m not going tell you what it is, because somebody will steal it…

I talked to Nick every other day for about a month as he was writing it.

And so I said, ‘We can bring him back this way.’

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Then, its Maximus wandering, looking for where he’s going to go next.

That’s Scene One."

It would end up being more than ten years before the sequel would be publicly talked about again.

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Gladiator 2is set to hit theaters on November 22.

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