During FYC season, you not only get opportunities to hear the filmmakers talk about their latest work, but sometimes other equally prominent filmmakers moderate the Q&A.
Christopher Nolan interviewed Ridley Scott after a screening of Gladiator II at the DGA Theater in West Hollywood on Tuesday night. When the Oppenheimer Oscar winner asked about the decades since Scott’s Best Picture winner, Scott credited streaming services with keeping Gladiator viable for a sequel 24 years later.
“Thank God for all the platforms,” Scott said. “I can press a button and see the first film I did 40 years ago. I watched The Duelists tonight. Thanks to the platform, the film evolves a life of its own.”
Hard to believe it’s going on a half-century since 1977’s The Duelists. Streaming also led Scott to his new lead actor. He said he saw Paul Mescal, who plays the
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