Here, Maximus is sold to the trainer Proximo, played by Oliver Reed, and becomes a champion who is taken to compete in Rome's Colosseum, where he finds himself face to face with Commodus. The scenes in which an injured Maximus is taken to Mauretania Caesariensis, where he is sold by a trader played by Omid Djalili, studies at Proximo's training school, and engages in his first gladiatorial match, were all filmed in Morocco.
An arena was purpose-built at the foothills of Ait Benhaddou for the tense scenes in which Maximus defeats a number of opponents while handcuffed to fellow slave Juba, played by Djimon Hounsou.
The distinctive buildings of the ksar can be glimpsed in the background, as people cheer on the fighter nicknamed "the Spaniard". Note this clip filmed in Morocco features gory battle scenes, with the film rated R in the US:. The crew used "basic materials and local building techniques" to craft the 30,seat mud brick arena, according to Gladiator: The Making of the Ridley Scott Epic. Ait Benhaddou sits along the former trade route between the Sahara and Marrakech, crossing through the Atlas Mountains, with the site believed to have been fortified since the 11th century.
Its current buildings are believed to date to the 17th century, and the location was added to the Unesco World Heritage list in , ensuring its preservation. The cast and crew shot for three weeks in Morocco, in total. Some Gladiator scenes were also filmed in the nearby Atlas Studios, a film studio located just outside the city of Ouarzazate and about a minute drive from Ait Benhaddou. The studio's lot, which has been used by the cast and crew of 's Aladdin as well as the Brad Pitt drama Babel, housed the market square where slaves were sold, as well as the holding area where the slaves are contained before they fight, according to Insider.
The town of Ouarzazate is depicted as the fictional city of Pentos, and Ait Benhaddou is where Danerys defeats the slave merchants of Yunkai. Anything more recent? Ah, what a film. But it was also one of those movies where the off-camera battles were almost as bloody as the on-camera ones.
The script? Indeed, or rather the lack of one. Three different writers worked on it and it was still being rewritten during filming. Crowe reportedly had to improvise lines as he went along. And hell was unleashed at times. You really are a fan.
Reed, who was playing gladiator trainer Proximo, died of a heart attack after challenging a group of sailors to a drinking contest. He won and then collapsed. His role had to be completed by a digital body double. Though set in Rome, the movie was filmed in England, Morocco and Malta with reconstructions of Ancient Roman cities and sights made specially for the production.
However, two of the key scenes from the film were actually filmed in the Orcia Valley in Tuscany. This beautiful and serene landscape which has inspired poets and artists alike for thousands of years was the perfect setting for idyllic scenes that contrasted the chaos and violence of the gladiatorial battles of the film.
If you want to experience this little slice of paradise on earth for yourself, find a villa with pool in the Orcia Valley and get away from it all. The Orcia Valley scenes of the movie work as a foil and reference point to the rest of the story. They offer an image of peaceful perfection which is rustic and Arcadian and far from the bloody conflicts which are depicted in the Empire's capital.
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