TIL Ridley Scott tried to make Gladiator (2000) an authentic representation of Ancient Rome. An early script had Maximus doing a product endorsement for olive oil, which was historically accurate for famous gladiators to do, but the detail was left out in later scripts for being too unbelievable.
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Submitted June 11, 2018 at 02:38PM by UPPERCASE_THOUGHTS https://ift.tt/2l1y0gl
Submitted June 11, 2018 at 02:38PM by UPPERCASE_THOUGHTS https://ift.tt/2l1y0gl
TIL Ridley Scott tried to make Gladiator (2000) an authentic representation of Ancient Rome. An early script had Maximus doing a product endorsement for olive oil, which was historically accurate for famous gladiators to do, but the detail was left out in later scripts for being too unbelievable.
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