Raoul Walsh tried to persuade George Raftto play the lead, but Raft did not want his character to die at the end of the film.
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Gladiator II: Ridley Scott’s Vigorously Violent but Emotionally Hollow Spectacle (Sequel to his 2001 Oscar Winner)
In the end, Gladiator II reaffirms Scott’s natural tendency toward grandiosity, but seldom justifies its very existence.