Director Ridley Scott compared Denzel Washington’s character in « Gladiator II » to President-elect Trump during a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Ridley Scott, the director of « Gladiator II », said during an interview that Denzel Washington’s character in the movie, Marcinus, was similar to President-elect Trump.
« [Macrinus] was a prisoner of war — probably at a North African state — and actually was taken to Rome probably as a gladiator. Survived. Got free. Got into the business of maybe making wine and bread. He evolved into a very rich merchant selling s— to the Roman armies — food, oil, wine, cloth, weapons, everything. He maybe had a million men spread around Europe. So he was a billionaire at the time, so why wouldn’t he [have ambitions toward the throne]? ‘Why not me?’ He’s also a gangster — very close to Trump.
