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Ridley Scott on ‘Gladiator II,” Denzel Washington and Joaquin Phoenix

✇NYT | Top Stories
Kyle Buchanan
The director speaks his mind on rejected sequel ideas, Joaquin Phoenix’s plan to quit the original and working with a “fractious” Denzel Washington.

© Robbie Lawrence for The New York Times

“I feel alive when I’m doing something at this level,” Ridley Scott said of finishing “Gladiator II” while working on preproduction of his next film. “I don’t call it stress, I call it adrenaline.”
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