Q 01/05

Who directed the 2000 film Gladiator?

A) Ridley Scott

B) Oliver Stone

C) Michael Mann

D) Wolfgang Petersen

Answer · why

A) Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott. He signed on after producers showed him a single 19th-century painting of the arena, telling them he did not care that he knew nothing a...

Q 02/05

What is the full name of Russell Crowe's character in Gladiator?

A) Maximus Aurelius Verus

B) Maximus Decimus Meridius

C) Maximus Cassius Quintus

D) Maximus Livius Severus

Answer · why

B) Maximus Decimus Meridius

Maximus Decimus Meridius. He says it only when Commodus orders the masked gladiator to show his face, then vows vengeance for his murdered wife and so...

Q 03/05

Which actor played the emperor Commodus in Gladiator?

A) Heath Ledger

B) Christian Bale

C) Joaquin Phoenix

D) Colin Farrell

Answer · why

C) Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix. His sneering emperor earned an Oscar nomination, and Jack Gleeson later said he modelled Game of Thrones' Joffrey on the performance.

Q 04/05

In Gladiator, Connie Nielsen played which character, the sister of Commodus?

A) Livia

B) Faustina

C) Octavia

D) Lucilla

Answer · why

D) Lucilla

Lucilla. The real Lucilla joined a plot to assassinate her brother in AD 182; it failed, and he had her banished to Capri and then executed.

Q 05/05

How did Gladiator finish Oliver Reed's scenes after his death?

A) A body double with his face digitally attached

B) A recast actor in heavy makeup

C) A lookalike hidden under a helmet

D) Unused takes from an earlier film

Answer · why

A) A body double with his face digitally attached

A body double with his face digitally attached. Reed's trainer had been meant to survive, so the script was rewritten to give him a death scene, and t...