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May 5, 2020 · Ridley Scott has recalled the death of actor Oliver Reed during the making of Gladiator, remarking that he “dropped down dead on the floor of a pub”. Reed died midway through production...
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Sep 22, 2020 · Here's how the movie was able to be completed after the death of Oliver Reed. Director Ridley Scott's 2000 historical epic Gladiator is a stone-cold classic, but it wasn't without its share...
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In the Roman epic, veteran actor Oliver Reed plays the old gladiator trainer, Antonius Proximo. He buys Maximus in North Africa, and in the gladiator’s pit, Proximo becomes Maximus’ only friend and mentor. They bond over their sworn allegiance to Marcus Aurelius. Maximus fought under Aurelius, and Proximo was freed by him when he was a gladiator. I...
Speaking to Variety about the 20th anniversary of Gladiator, Scott reflected on Reed’s death, saying the actor “dropped down dead on the floor of a pub” halfway through filming. “One Sunday morning, he dropped down dead on the floor of a pub. He probably had a couple of pints and said, ‘I don’t feel good,’ laid on the carpet and died,” he said. Acc...
The first thing Scott did following Reed’s death was to rewrite the script. He gave Proximo a brave death and then shot “two scenes were shot which would complete Proximo’s arc,” Looper writes. The first scene was when Proximo visits Maximus in jail. This was the hardest to shoot because it dealt with “the kind of digital trickery that is commonpla...
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May 2, 2024 · The 61-year-old Reed tragically passed away during the making of Gladiator, and with a few scenes with Proximo remaining in the film, Ridley Scott utilized a combination of techniques to complete them.
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Oliver Reed died of a heart attack on May 2, before all his scenes had been filmed. His character, Proximo, was meant to survive, but after Reed's death the script was revised to include his death at the hands of the Praetorian Guard.
May 6, 2020 · Film director Ridley Scott has recalled the death of actor Oliver Reed while making the Oscar winning blockbuster Gladiator. Scott said hard-drinking Reed “just dropped down dead on the floor of a pub”.
Mar 4, 2024 · He died at a pub in Malta after challenging sailors to a drinking match. On May 2, 1999, Reed was at a bar called The Pub on Archbishop Street in Valletta, Malta, where Gladiator was filming. “One Sunday morning, he dropped down dead in the floor of a pub,” Scott told Variety.
