Russell Crowe Returns To Gladiator Location 22 Years Later With Family

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Russell Crowe returns to a key location in Gladiator 22 years later accompanied by his family. Released in 2000, Gladiator is directed by Ridley Scott and tells the story of a former Roman general who sets out for revenge after a corrupt emperor murders his family. The film was a hit with both audiences and critics and was also successful at the box office, earning over $460 million during its initial theatrical run.

Although Gladiator takes place in locations across the ancient Roman Empire, much of the story is contained to the Colosseum in Rome. After Maximus (Crowe) becomes a slave and survives his first match in a smaller gladiator ring, he accompanies his slaver to Rome. There, he is once more forced to fight, but this time in the massive Colosseum for crowds of thousands. Although several of his gladiator friends perish during the brawls, Maximus survives and is eventually able to face off against the corrupt emperor, Joaquin Phoenix's Commodus. Gladiator ultimately ends with Maximus dying in the sands of the Colosseum, with the final scene of the film suggesting he is finally reunited with his family in the afterlife.

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Twenty-two years after the release of Gladiator, Crowe has now returned to the Colosseum in Rome with his family in tow, as seen in a new picture posted to his Twitter account. The post features an image of Crowe with his family in front of the ancient Roman structure with the caption joking that he's "taking the kids to see [his] old office." The post has clearly resonated with fans of Gladiator, with the image sitting 524,000 likes as of this writing. Check out Crowe's post below:

Taking the kids to see my old office