Ngaphandle kwasePitt, wamukelekile Russell Crowe. Empeleni futhi njengoba simemezele ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, umlingisi we-"Gladiator" uzongena esikhundleni Brad Pitt zu «I-State of Play«, Ifilimu exoxa indaba yentatheli - owayengumeluleki wezepolitiki - ozoqala uphenyo ngetulo elilandela uchungechunge lokubulala.
Le filimu, ezoqondiswa nguKevin Macdonald, iphinde ibe nezihlabani u-Edward Norton, uHelen Mirren noRobin Wright Penn. I ukuqopha izoqala ezinsukwini ezimbalwa futhi izoqoshwa eWashington nase-LA.
Kuthiwa uBrad Pitt ushiye lo msebenzi ngoba engavumelani neskripthi kanye nomqondisi. Inkampani yakwa-Universal, ekhiqize ifilimu, ingase ithathele u-Pitt izinyathelo zomthetho ngokulahla lo msebenzi.