Connie Nielsen Reveals How Working With Ridley Scott Has Changed Between 'Gladiator' and 'Gladiator 2'

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The Big Picture &#x2715 Remove Ads Not only did Ridley Scott want Connie Nielsen back for Gladiator II, but the celebrated filmmaker had big plans for the character of Lucilla, the empress of Rome. While she played a pivotal role in the first film, Nielsen tells Collider's Steve Weintraub that reprising this character for the long-awaited sequel was a"sacred experience" and that she wouldn't have accepted anything less than the crucial part Lucilla plays.

Connie Nielsen Can't Get '2001: A Space Odyssey' Out of Her Head COLLIDER: I like throwing a curveball at the beginning of all my interviews, and today it's gonna be Stanley Kubrick. Do you have a favorite Kubrick? 1 Jumping into Gladiator II , what was it like for you actually reading the script for the first time and realizing, “Oh, I'm a huge part of this movie?”

&#x2715 Remove Ads NIELSEN: Well, that is the incredible setup of the film, isn't it? Is that he is a hero who is being asked to subvert his own heroism in order to save his wife and in order to work for this glory of a bankrupt empire. It's just such an incredible situation that he's put in where basically everything has been subverted. Everything has been poisoned. But he has this gorgeous heart, and no matter who he plays, he cannot hide it.

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