When Gladiator star Oliver Reed (right) died suddenly of a heart attack during filming, Ridley Scott and the film's visual effects team worked to retain his legacy. (Universal) As Gladiator II ...

Ridley Scott's Gladiator almost faced reshoots after Oliver Reed's sudden death mid-filming. Here's how the film was saved.

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.

Oliver Reed Reed was given a chance at redemption and a potential comeback when he was cast in Ridley Scott's Gladiator, ...

But we are here to tell you that you don’t need to pay them much mind going into “Gladiator II.” Promixo (Oliver Reed) and Maximus (Russell Crowe) in ‘Gladiator’ ©DreamWorks/Courtesy ...

As it turns out, it was a sequence of events that would influence cinema for years to come. Among Gladiator’s star-studded cast was Oliver Reed, an icon of British film who found success in the 1960s ...