So, the death of Oliver Reed in a pub in May 1999 didn’t come as a total surprise to many who knew him. At the time, Reed was in Malta filming Gladiator, in which he played the role of Proximo ...

Actor Oliver Reed, who played Proximo ... Maximus: A Fictional Hero While Gladiator draws on real Roman elements, Maximus is entirely fictional, inspired by various historical figures.

It's easy to condemn Oliver Reed for the squandered talent and drunken ... where Reed died in 1999 while filming Ridley Scott’s Gladiator with fellow hellraiser Russell Crowe, the intoxication ...