It was an enormous task.
His team pre-fit hundreds of extras for the multilocation shoot.
We just kept going as his body changed shape, so we were able to keep up.
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And I think he toned to a nice level.
It wasnt too much, and it was enough, wasnt it?
Indeed, Mescals legs, an ongoinginternet obsession, are on particular display in the film.
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Theres always the conversation in gladiator films of, How long are we going to make the skirts?
How much knee are we going to see?
We are always in the camp that likes a bit of leg.
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Theyd be completely bare.
We draped until we were draped out, really, and trimmed till we were trimmed out.
Ridleys brief was he wanted them to look like Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols, Yates says.
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He wanted their hair red.
He wanted them to have either gold teeth or no teeth or one tooth missing.
He wanted their skin to be white.
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A more-is-more approach suited both the fame-drunk pairs unstable personalities and their turbulent style of rule.
Yates also used color and accessories to call attention to Denzel Washingtons Macrinus, a power-hungry arms merchant.
You are always putting it on, hoping, keeping your fingers crossed.
Gladiator II Costume Sketch by Artist Laura Revitt for Paramount Pictures.
They gave him a little bit more power, I think.
