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TIL a sequel to Gladiator was drafted in which Russel Crowe's Maximus is resurrected as an immortal warrior by the Roman gods to kill Jesus Christ and his disciples. He would have then fought in the Crusades, Vietnam War, and WWII before landing a job at the modern-day Pentagon

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