Gladiator

Gladiator

From Real Movies Fake History with Gari and Mel by Gari and Mel

January 12, 2026 · 1h 46m

About this episode

Gari and Mel critique Ridley Scott's Gladiator while exploring its historical accuracy and discussing the film's legacy.

This is it. This is the big one. We finally critique Ridley Scott's Oscar winning Gladiator , starring the formidable Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius . He may be a father to a murdered son and a husband to a murdered wife, but does the movie he's starring in hold up after all these years? Mel takes us through the real history of Rome and its gladiatorial combat and gives us the lowdown on the many accurate and inaccurate aspects of the history that's represented. We also get into the detail on what it's like to work with the wild and legendary Oliver Reed, and how could we forget play the Russell Crowe Rotten Tomatoes game? If you like the show, we'd love it if you'd support us and leave us a REVIEW and SUBSCRIBE. Thanks! SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify | Google | RSS

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