Ridley Scott cut 90 minutes of Gladiator 2 amid strikes, footage includes baboon fight scene

Ridley Scott cut 90 minutes of Gladiator 2 amid strikes, footage includes baboon fight scene

Before the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes shut down Hollywood and its production Gladiator 2Ridley Scott was able to shoot 90 minutes of the film, which he edited during the strikes.

“With SAG-AFTRA and the studios back in negotiations, he prepared to move on Gladiator 2, starring Paul Mescal, at the time of the strike’s decision. “I can shoot on Monday,” he said. (The talks collapsed a week later.),” it reads Resident of New York Profile on Scott.

Footage taken before the attacks shows a scene with baboons.

The profile continued: “He has meanwhile used up the 90 minutes he had, including a scene in which the hero fights a group of baboons; He was followed by a video of baboons attacking tourists in Johannesburg: “Bobbons are carnivores. Can you hang from the roof by your left leg for two hours? NO! A baboon can do it.’”

The gladiator The sequel takes place years after the original film and sees Mescal take on the role of Lucius, who Spencer Treat Clark played in the 2000 film. Pedro Pascal is also part of the cast, and Mescal recalls meeting him recently at LAX, but he was “too scared” to approach him.

“He came to us and just seemed so real,” Mescal said inhabitant, in an interview before the SAG-AFTRA strike. “I’m really looking forward to spending time with him.”

While Mescal could not give too many details about the film, which was shelved due to the strikes, he said: “I think it’s very well written and a tribute to the first one, but in my opinion it’s very special. ” can walk in and makes things easy for me.”

Source: Deadline

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