Russell Crowe says 'Gladiator II' failed because it lacked original film's 'moral core'

Russell Crowe is opening up about his career-defining role and why he thinks efforts to replicate the magic of the film with a sequel failed. During a panel at the Taormina Film Festival, the 62-year-old actor spoke about the sequel to "Gladiator," noting he believed it was unsuccessful because it was missing the "moral core" of the original 2000 movie, per Variety . "When we were shooting that film, there was a lot of pressure. The studio, the producers [thought] there should be sex between Max