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 ...

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.

Now, that’s how you pull off a victory, Hollywood-style. After Oliver Reed passed away mid-Gladiator filming, the crew faced the dilemma of recasting or reshooting all his scenes. Neither of the ...

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 ...