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Post by Pasquale on Jun 10, 2023 7:47:09 GMT
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Post by stephen on Jun 26, 2023 13:09:29 GMT
No Denzel in the pic but I had no idea Peter Mensah was in this!
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Post by quetee on Jun 26, 2023 14:24:24 GMT
No Denzel in the pic but I had no idea Peter Mensah was in this! Yeah, he was announced 6 months ago. I think he was first cast member announced.
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Post by stephen on Jun 26, 2023 14:48:38 GMT
No Denzel in the pic but I had no idea Peter Mensah was in this! Yeah, he was announced 6 months ago. I think he was first cast member announced. He'll always be Brodski from Jason X to me, but he's always been one of those guys who shows up in the most random things and I DiCaprio meme him every time. I'm glad he's in this project, too -- he's got such a distinct look and Ridley's always good at casting interesting faces.
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Post by pupdurcs on Oct 7, 2023 15:11:08 GMT
Total Film Interview with Ridley Scott in which he gives more information on Denzel Washington's role. Looks like Denzel is playing an ex- Gladiator who bought his freedom and is now fabulously wealthy. Scott describes his character as a "rich guy with a grudge".
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Post by pupdurcs on Oct 7, 2023 15:31:37 GMT
Thoughts....feel like this could be a very interesting role for Denzel, in that it could allow him to play both the political, speech giving Senatorial type of role in a toga, and when needs be, get on his sword and armour and be the grizzled old Gladiator in one last battle. So kinda half Laurence Olivier in Spartacus and half Kirk Douglas in Spartacus.
Obviously not Septimus Severus, but that was obvious by the casting of the sons.
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Post by JangoB on Oct 7, 2023 15:35:25 GMT
Total Film Interview with Ridley Scott in which he gives more information on Denzel Washington's role. Looks like Denzel is playing an ex- Gladiator who bought his freedom and is now fabulously wealthy. Scott describes his character as a "rich guy with a grudge". lol
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Post by sirchuck23 on Oct 7, 2023 15:42:55 GMT
LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOO!
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Post by stephen on Oct 7, 2023 15:44:43 GMT
So it's confirmed: more of an Oliver Reed than a Richard Harris.
Fuck yeah.
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Post by sirchuck23 on Oct 7, 2023 15:47:07 GMT
Oscar nom #10 on the way and yes I’m calling that a year away. You know they gave him some killer monologues to chew on. I’m stoked that Denzel and Ridley are collaborating again!
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Post by Joaquim on Oct 7, 2023 16:17:18 GMT
Total Film Interview with Ridley Scott in which he gives more information on Denzel Washington's role. Looks like Denzel is playing an ex- Gladiator who bought his freedom and is now fabulously wealthy. Scott describes his character as a "rich guy with a grudge". *sigh* he would’ve made a perfect Septimius And yes, he still could’ve been Septimius even with the casting for his sons. He married a white woman (direct descendant of Antony and Cleopatra) and had white kids with her
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Post by pupdurcs on Nov 14, 2023 20:26:51 GMT
New interview from Ridley Scott with a bit more info on Denzel's role. He calls it a parallel role to Paul Mescal's Lucius (which implies to me that it's closer to a lead part than a supporting one) and says his character has designs on taking power from the two Princes ruling Rome.Sounds like a very juicy role. I do still suspect this may be a Bill The Butcher in Gangs Of New York situation, where Denzel's part is big enough to be pushed in the Best Actor category when it comes time to deciding these things.
deadline.com/2023/11/ridley-scott-napoleon-gladiator-2-joaquin-phoenix-interview-1235600742/
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Post by pupdurcs on Nov 14, 2023 22:24:23 GMT
Filming resumes in 2 weeks.
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Post by sirchuck23 on Nov 14, 2023 22:25:35 GMT
New interview from Ridley Scott with a bit more info on Denzel's role. He calls it a parallel role to Paul Mescal's Lucius (which implies to me that it's closer to a lead part than a supporting one) and says his character has designs on taking power from the two Princes ruling Rome.Sounds like a very juicy role. I do still suspect this may be a Bill The Butcher in Gangs Of New York situation, where Denzel's part is big enough to be pushed in the Best Actor category when it comes time to deciding these things.
deadline.com/2023/11/ridley-scott-napoleon-gladiator-2-joaquin-phoenix-interview-1235600742/Ridley interviews are hilarious. He truly doesn’t give a fuck haha. The response about doing too many takes had me cracking up, A couple of other tidbits regarding Denzel/Gladiator 2 is that it sounds like the film is going to be right at 3 hours, which is one of his longest films and longer than the first. Also the interviewer saying he heard Denzel had been working out hard, sounds like he’s already getting prepared for Hannibal with Gladiator 2 being the catalyst for him to get in shape.
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Post by stephen on Nov 15, 2023 0:40:50 GMT
I am intrigued by this "bucketlist project."
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Post by sirchuck23 on Nov 15, 2023 3:14:17 GMT
I am intrigued by this "bucketlist project." I forgot where I read it, but I thought it was going to be a Western. Wonder who the two stars are for that.
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Post by pupdurcs on Nov 15, 2023 3:24:52 GMT
I am intrigued by this "bucketlist project." I forgot where I read it, but I thought it was going to be a Western. Wonder who the two stars are for that. I dunno....I think it'd be really cool if Ridley reunited with Russell Crowe at least one more time. I think it's understandable that they took a long break from one another after Robin Hood, but no leading man has been more synonymous with Ridley than Crowe, so it'd be good to get him on this "bucket list" project, especially since he's missing out on being in Gladiator 2 as well. Also, it's been a while since Crowe has been in a good high calibre big screen project ( I think Thor: Love And Thunder was just an embarrassment for all involved, and the rest are kinda B-movies like Unhinged and The Pope's Exorcist), and Ridley, if he's on form, has a good chance of giving him a proper return to big screen glory.
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Post by sirchuck23 on Nov 15, 2023 3:29:21 GMT
I forgot where I read it, but I thought it was going to be a Western. Wonder who the two stars are for that. I dunno....I think it'd be really cool if Ridley reunited with Russell Crowe at least one more time. I think it's understandable that they took a long break from one another after Robin Hood, but no leading man has more synonymous with Ridley than Crowe, so it's be good to get him on this "bucket list" project, especially since he's missing out on being in Gladiator 2 as well. Also, it's been a while since Crowe has been in a good high calibre big screen project, and Ridley, if he's on form, has a good chance of giving him a proper return to big screen glory. Yeah, that would be cool. I would say that that would be a nice reunion considering we don’t know how many more films Ridley had in him, but looking at the Deadline interview and his current pace, the old man could direct another 3-4 films before he’s 90.
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Post by stephen on Nov 15, 2023 14:01:37 GMT
I forgot where I read it, but I thought it was going to be a Western. Wonder who the two stars are for that. I dunno....I think it'd be really cool if Ridley reunited with Russell Crowe at least one more time. I think it's understandable that they took a long break from one another after Robin Hood, but no leading man has been more synonymous with Ridley than Crowe, so it'd be good to get him on this "bucket list" project, especially since he's missing out on being in Gladiator 2 as well. Also, it's been a while since Crowe has been in a good high calibre big screen project ( I think Thor: Love And Thunder was just an embarrassment for all involved, and the rest are kinda B-movies like Unhinged and The Pope's Exorcist), and Ridley, if he's on form, has a good chance of giving him a proper return to big screen glory. If this is indeed a Western, we know Russell Crowe is excellent in the genre. He's very good in The Quick and the Dead (my mental image of Roland Deschain from The Dark Tower series was always Crowe circa this time) and obviously 3:10 to Yuma is a tremendous performance and may well be the last of his epic 1997-2007 run (but what a performance!). Crowe was also being courted for Franco's Blood Meridian back when that ill-advised stab at the property was underway. Crowe is a low-key titan of Westerns and if Ridley is playing in that sandbox, he needs Rusty.
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Post by speeders on Nov 15, 2023 16:46:22 GMT
I am intrigued by this "bucketlist project." The rumor is that it's based on S. Craig Zahler novel's "Wraiths Of The Broken Land", which he was officially attached to in 2016
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 15, 2023 16:56:11 GMT
I am intrigued by this "bucketlist project." The rumor is that it's based on S. Craig Zahler novel's "Wraiths Of The Broken Land", which he was officially attached to in 2016I've said this before a couple years back - It's a fairly amazing book that screams "movie adaptation" - .......it's verrrrrrrry Tarantino-ish ......I mean if you read the book and think of people who could adapt it - Ridley doesn't come to mind but.........he could be great anyway........ "Book: Wraiths of the Broken Land by S. Craig Zahler - An absolutely bat-shit Western that may resurrect or kill the genre entirely. Part Western-part Tarantino and not just in style but in sensibility. The problem is I don't know if Zahler will be able to pull this film off....but it will be something seeing him try unless he chickens out because this isn't a book, it's an original movie pitch meeting." movie-awards-redux.freeforums.net/post/300462
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Post by pupdurcs on Nov 16, 2023 23:47:34 GMT
SlashFilm article about Denzel's role seeming like it'll make a big impression and the author feeling that it might get him Oscar #3.
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Post by pupdurcs on Nov 28, 2023 2:35:28 GMT
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Post by sirchuck23 on Nov 28, 2023 2:50:20 GMT
Fingers crossed that Ridley knocks it out of the park with this one!
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Post by Pasquale on Jan 5, 2024 19:51:08 GMT
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