Ridley Scott was eager for his movie "Gladiator II" to be as faithful as possible to real history, but he's blunt on whether all details matter.

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Paul Mescal in Gladiator II. In the movie, Mescal’s Lucius bites a baboon and chokes it to death. Fact check: Though Mescal is capable of biting and choking, it is unlikely gladiators were doing so in Ancient Rome. | Paramount Pictures  Welcome to Know-It-All. In the age of intellectual property grabs, docudramas, and so very many sequels, it can be difficult to find a way into the complicated worlds we see on screen. In this series, Vox experts…

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Gladiator II has baboons, Coliseum sharks, Paul Mescal’s thighs, and so much historical inaccuracy

Fans were promised a spectacle of the ancient Roman way of life in Gladiator II, and they received it when the highly anticipated sequel to the 2000 historical epic hit theaters on November 15. The Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Denzel Washington-starring flick, directed by Ridley Scott, however, is being denounced for taking more creative liberties than required by Shadi Bartsch, the University of Chicago’s Helen A. Regenstein Distinguished Ser…

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'Fun, But Preposterous': Expert Criticizes Gladiator II for Historical Inaccuracies, Including Sharks and Rhinos in the Colosseum

The movie "Gladiator II" features scenes involving rhinos, baboons and sharks. A professor explains whether these animals were actually featured in the Roman Colosseum.

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Were there really rhinos, baboons and sharks in the Colosseum? A professor explains ‘Gladiator II’ scenes

A history teacher analyzes Ridley Scott's latest film, which organizes a battle inside the flooded Colosseum full of sharks.

Un profesor de historia analiza la última cinta de Ridley Scott, en la que se organiza una batalla dentro del Coliseo inundado y lleno de tiburones.

Fact-checking 'Gladiator II': Were there really sharks in the Colosseum?

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