Danny Boyd, they could've re-shot all the scenes with a different actor, but they liked him too much, 2024

Danny Boyd, they could’ve re-shot all the scenes with a different actor, but they liked him too much, 2024

I enjoy Danny Boyd’s video essays on cinema a lot, and this vignette on Ridley Scott’s Gladiator — how it evolved and became what it was during the production, bearing little resemblance to the original script — is marvellous.

Oliver Reed in Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000)

6:19pm on December 14, 2024 from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada


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