Ngaphandle kwePitt, wamkelekile URussell Crowe. Ngokwenyani kwaye njengoko besibhengezile kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, umdlali we "Gladiator" uza kuthatha indawo UBrad Pitt kwi "Imeko yokudlala«, Ifilimu ebalisa ibali lentatheli- owayesakuba ngumcebisi ngezopolitiko - oya kuthi aqalise uphando ngeyelenqe emva kothotho lokubulala.
Ifilimu, eya kuthi ikhokelwe nguKevin Macdonald, ikwangumlingisi uEdward Norton, uHelen Mirren noRobin Wright Penn. Inkqubo ye- ukufota izakuqala kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kwaye iza kufotwa eWashington naseLA.
Kuthiwa u-Brad Pitt wayishiya le projekthi kuba wayengavumelani neskripthi kunye nomlawuli. Inkampani ye-Universal, evelise ifilimu, ingaqala amanyathelo omthetho ngokuchasene noPitt ngokushiya iprojekthi.