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“Gladiator”, the Ridley Scott film released in 2000, was offered a sequel by the same director a few days ago. If the casting has partly been renewed, an emblematic character from the first part has kept the same performer. The latter has barely aged a bit despite the 24 years that separate the two shoots.
Gladiator: 24 years later, this key figure of the film hasn’t aged a bit, it’s amazing!
At the moment, nostalgia seems to be winning over directors and producers. Reboot, remake, sequel or adaptation, these are the avenues that filmmakers and creators are banking on to get noticed in recent times. Impossible not to cite for example The Counts of Monte Cristodirected by Alexandre de la Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte, produced by and carried by the equally talented . Six months after its release, the feature film flirts with 10 million admissions. A feat that the entire film team can congratulate themselves on.
On the American side, Ridley Scott also gave of himself. The director of Gladiatorreleased in 2000, decided to give a sequel to its action and adventure film carried at the time by Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix in particular. The two actors did not return, to the great dismay of those nostalgic who perhaps hoped to find them on the big screen. For this 2024 vintage, Ridley Scott won Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington and Joseph Quinn among others. But to interpret the character of Lucilla, he was fortunately able to count on the great return of Connie Nielsenthe one who already lent his features to him 24 years earlier.
Connie Nielsen captivates the red carpets for her return in Gladiator 2
Promotion requires, Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn and therefore Connie Nielsen played the game of interviews, interviews, press junkets and. The opportunity to make a clear observation: the actress, who will celebrate her 60th birthday next July, has not moved an inch. Barely a few wrinkles have appeared at the corners of his eyes. The Dane is still as sublime as in the first part, still perfectly playing the character she played 24 years earlier. But advice to those who want to know her secret: Connie Nielsen did not share it.
The actress, however, expressed all the emotion she felt when taking over this role which was entrusted to her by Ridley Scott at the time: “It was a very moving experience for me. I had so many wonderful memories from the time I did it. It was wonderful to look back and suddenly be there again” she told Entertainment Weekly. And she is not the only one who was happy to rediscover the world of Gladiator. French and American box office combined, the film managed to accumulate no less than 100 million admissions in the space of a month.
