While Dean O’Gorman, who is the spitting image of the Sparactus star, played Douglas. The scene has become so famous it has seen a number of parodies including Monty Python’s Life of Brian – directed by the late Terry Jones – which included the line: “I’m Brian and so is my wife!”ĭouglas working alongside the screenwriter on Spartacus was dramatised in the 2015 movie Trumbo, which saw Bryan Cranston Oscar-nominated for the title role. Stanley Kubrick) excerpt featuring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis and Laurence Olivier in an extended version of the iconic 'Im Spartacus' c. During the arrival of Spartacus in Blood and Sand, Crixus is seen as the chief rival to Spartacus and becomes the lover of Naevia. He is a former Champion of Capua, introduced into Batiatus ludus as a slave desiring the life of a gladiator, who eventually fights his way up to become one of the top gladiators of the ludus. The final nail in the coffin for the blacklist was when newly elected US President John F Kennedy went to see Spartacus and publicly endorsed the movie.Īccording to the 2007 documentary Trumbo, the climactic I’m Spartacus scene was meant to reflect the solidarity with accused Communist sympathisers and the refusal to implicate other people. Crixus is a central character in the Spartacus series.
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