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Roger Cormier<\/strong> and Mental_Floss<\/a><\/strong> present 15 Epic Facts About Gladiator<\/em><\/a>.<\/strong> Here are three are my favorites…<\/p>\n Screenwriter David Franzoni received a three-picture deal with Dreamworks SKG after writing the script for Amistad<\/em>. During a “surprisingly brief” pitch meeting with Spielberg for what would become Gladiator<\/em>, Franzoni told the Writers Guild of America<\/a> that the director “really had three basic questions. My gladiator movie, it was about ancient Roman gladiators\u2014not American, Japanese, whatever else? Yes, I said. Taking place in the ancient Coliseum? Yes. Fighting with swords and animals to the death and such? Yes. Great, let’s make the movie.”<\/p>\n While appearing on Inside the Actors Studio<\/em>, Crowe said that only 32 pages of the script were completed when shooting commenced. Co-writer William Nicholson recounted<\/a> how Crowe once told him,\u00a0\u201cYour lines are garbage but I\u2019m the greatest actor in the world, and I can make even garbage sound good.\u201d Initially, Crowe didn\u2019t care for the now-famous line<\/a> \u201cAnd I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next,\u201d but repeatedly failed to ad-lib anything better.<\/p>\n\n
1. STEVEN SPIELBERG GREENLIT THE MOVIE AFTER ASKING THREE QUESTIONS.<\/h4>\n
10. CROWE WASN’T THRILLED WITH THE SCRIPT (OR LACK THEREOF).<\/h4>\n
13. JOHNNY CASH WAS A FAN OF THE FILM.<\/h4>\n