Years after the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum after Rome is conquered by the tyrannical Emperors
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00:00They killed people in the arena for fun, and that was real.
00:13There was a big focus on the physical preparation for this film.
00:17Remember why you're here!
00:19Gladiator 2, we're making history!
00:21I put these guys through hell.
00:24There was a lot of very physical training.
00:27I got my ass kicked.
00:30You can prep and prep and prep and prep,
00:32but you've still got to kind of throw that away.
00:35We wouldn't need a wire, I can take that.
00:39And also, like, whatever genius idea Ridley's gonna throw at you.
00:43I discovered that Paul's very fast and very good with the sword.
00:48It's crazy, right?
00:49I've had some training with swords before, but not like this.
00:53Surprised the hell out of me, because he can be really violent.
00:56He attacks fucking perfect.
01:00Ridley has an extraordinary team.
01:04They're absolutely committed.
01:06Pedro and Paul got beat up by the best.
01:10I'm incredibly proud of the finished product.
01:12It's just an absolutely mad experience.
01:15This film just dials it up to 100.
01:21My hat comes off to them and what they did.
01:23My hat comes off to them and what they did.