Russell Crowe’s role as Maximus in 2000’s Gladiator him as a bonafide movie star — but it’s the fights he had behind-the-scenes that are now making headlines. “The thing is, there was a daily fight on ...

The actor, 62, recalled “sticking to his guns” when it came to not having a sex scene with his costar Connie Nielsen in Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic while speaking at the Taormina Film Festival in Italy, ...

The Oscar-winning actor also said he pushed back against including sex scenes in the 2000 original. Crowe said he watched the sequel "destroy that moral center" established in the first film. Though ...

Russell Crowe's role as Maximus in 2000's Gladiator him as a bonafide movie star - but it's the fights he had behind-the-scenes that are now making headlines. "The thing is, there was a daily fight on ...