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He's the worst thing about Gladiator


Ridley Scott really dropped the ball in casting him. His character is the most logical to have as the star of a sequel (grown up of course) however he played him so badly and gay-ly that it would be impossible to imagine him growing up to be atall cool or heroic.

Obviously he wasn't supposed to be little Maximus Jr. He didn't even have to be likable. He was a spoiled little Emperors nephew. However there's no chance of having a sequel probably because the route of continuing the story with a grown up Lucious is nixed due to his fruity ass performance.

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I agree he sucks, but why do you have to be so homophobic about it. There are plenty of musclebound gay people out there who could easily don a loincloth and look the part. You could have at least said "drama queen" rather than "fruity ass" (which makes me think of a nice ripe peach ).

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I didn't mean to sound homophobic, I'm not (very pro-gay). I shouldn't have used that word. I should have just said effeminate.

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Why does everyone call him gay? Because of the way he looks??

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I think they are homophobic and for them "gay" is an insult. Idiots. I agree that this guy is a poor actor, but to me that is more evidence that he is NOT gay. If he were gay, he'd be a better actor. They just don't have the intelligence to find a more creative way of saying he sucks.

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First of all, a sequel to this movie would probably suck. Not because of his poor acting, but because sequels to smash movies like this rarely 'happen' successfully. It would be ridiculous. His acting aside, it would be an embarassment, much like most sequels. But as I have learned it will probably happen, I can only hope for Ridley to be wise in proceeding.

Everyone else has also asked why you call him gay and you have already claimed your defense and apologized. I'm so tired of people using the word 'gay' to describe a movie, or even worse, someone's poor acting abilities. Frankly, I don't remember hating his acting specifically, and I'm pretty picky about that. However, that was probably because I was so overwhelmed with Phoenix's performance that I didn't care about anyone else performing poorly. He made up for a lot of things I did hate about the movie and, in my book, stole the show. Crowe is okay, thought he was better in Proof of Life. He's a brute and was very good at it, but I didn't find some of the emotional protrayal to be completely believeable. I don't know what it was. Anyway, back to the kid... he wasn't a main part of the storyline so I must not have really paid attention/cared about his acting. Sure, he was important to some extent, but as I said before, I was more concerned about primary characters than anything.

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Umm...excuse me...where/when in what movie/show was his acting gay/bad? Don't tell me it's Gladiator; I saw nothing wrong with it.

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