This is how the years have passed by the stars of ‘Gladiator’

No one has been caught by surprise that Gladiator 2 is sweeping the box office. Since it was announced that Ridley Scott would make a sequel to the film with which he conquered the public and critics in 2000 and won 5 Oscarseveryone was waiting with intrigue what the new plot would be and the protagonists with whom it would surprise us 24 years later.

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We are not going to make any spoilers about it because the answer to all the unknowns is found in the movie theaters, but we are going to analyze the figure of the only star who repeats the role, Connie Nielsena woman among gladiators for whom it seems that no time has passed; and the opposite case, that of Russell Crowe, who has changed a lot since then.

With the sign of Gladiator 2 It is clear who the protagonists of this new installment are, you don’t need to see the film to know. We have Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington to the headbut the one who draws attention is Connie Nielsen for whom it seems that the last 24 years have not passed the same as for the rest of us… because it is the same.

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In Gladiator – and this is a spoiler for those who have not seen this first part -, she plays Lucilla, the daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who would have liked her to be the one to succeed him, but, at that time, it was unthinkable that a woman could lead an empire. “It would have been enough for you to have been born a man, How Caesar has missed Rome!”, his father told him. And no, she didn’t get to be César, but she is back on the big screen as the mother of Lucio, who is now played by Paul Mescal.

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Connie, although it may seem incredible, is 59 years old and on screen she looks practically the same as when she was 35. Her role as Lucilla catapulted her to the top of Hollywood, although the Danish actress has always preferred to stay in the background in the world of the stars of the mecca of cinema, where in addition to triumphing as a spectacular Roman beauty He has worked in renowned films such as The devil’s advocate -along with Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino-; Three days to kill -with Kevin Costner-, or Wonder Woman. As for her personal life, her best-known relationship has been with Lars Ulrich, a member of the group Metallica, with whom she was from 2004 to 2012 and had a son named Bryce.

But putting his resume aside, many may think that much of the secret of his youth lies in the magic of cinema or in the so fashionable artificial intelligence or, without going that far, in having the same hairstyles and looks of yesteryear helps it to be identical, but the magic of the seventh art disappears on the red carpets -where the magic of makeup comes into play-, and yet, the image of her almost 60 years is practically the same as the one she had in her thirties. Let’s leave it to what it has to do with genetics and healthy living because if not, it would have to be a real pact with the devil.

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The opposite case is that of the man who occupied his heart in Gladiator -this is again a spoiler of the first -, the actor Russell Crowe. He played Maximus Decimus Meridius, “commander of the northern troops, general of the Felix legions, loyal servant of the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father of a murdered son, husband of a murdered wife, and I will achieve my revengein this life or the next”, as his character explained in the arena of the Colosseum in what has remained the most mythical scene of the film. Russell Crowe He won an Oscar for this role and became one of the most desired men at that time, a true sex symbols with muscles of steel capable of toppling even an empire.

Now the actor he is 60 years old and his figure is not the same as the one he wore with the armor of the Roman army. In fact, even he himself has joked on more than one occasion that he is not like Máximo and that is due, in large part, to script requirements. In 2008 he returned to direct Ridley Scott for the film web of lies and to give life to his character he had to gain more than 30 kilos. A weight that he later confessed that he had a hard time controlling and that he tried to lose on several occasions. He has had better and worse times and for some time now, he has been trying to stay in shape by taking care of his diet and doing sports, not with the aim of fight again in the Colosseumbut to stay healthy, because in the end, that is the only important thing, not physical appearance.

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