In an interview published in the "Los Angeles Times" just before the film first aired on TV in 1981, Anthony Hopkins said his biggest problem as an actor in playing Adolf Hitler was working out a voice for the private Hitler. Many records and films exist of Hitler speaking in public, working his way into overwrought screaming, but Hopkins didn't think he had talked that way in private and had to work out a credible voice for the private Hitler speaking to friends and staff members.
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Russell Crowe was continually unhappy with the screenplay, re-writing much of it to suit his own ends. He would frequently walk off the set if he didn't get his way. The famous line "And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next." he initially refused to say, telling screenwriter William Nicholson, "Your lines are garbage, but I'm the greatest actor in the world, and I can make even garbage sound good". He said the speech anyway, because he was unable to ad-lib anything better. Nicholson said, "In his defense, my lines probably were garbage."
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Over 27,000 pieces of armor were made specially for this movie.
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The Germania battle sequence took twenty days to complete.
Gladiator - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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