why was Russell Crow initially reluctant to sign onto Gladiator because it had an absolute script the script was just terrible it made absolutely no sense and it delved into things like you know and which is a true thing you know that you know Gladiators in the arena would occasionally um basically take on endorsements for products and stuff like olive oil and everything it it's provable it's a fact but it's just not interesting for a film and it kind of takes people out of um the time period if if it's something that seems so modern