‘Gladiator 2’: Production Designer Arthur Max Made Everything Bigger and Better – It Was ”Gladiator’ on Steroids’

Ridley Scott had one directive for production designer Arthur Max on “Gladiator II”: “I want to go big. I want to imply the grandeur of the Roman Empire,” he told the veteran artisan. Max, who has been Scott’s go-to production designer for over two decades, delivered a concept that he calls “ ‘Gladiator’ on steroids.” […]