Couch Potato's Tuesday Trivia: Resurrecting Reed for Gladiator

Right in the midst of shooting principal photography for Roman epic Gladiator in Malta in 1999, British actor Oliver Reed suffered a fatal heart attack.

Because some of the scenes featuring Reed's character Proximo hadn't yet been shot, the producers had to apply some post-production tricks to complete these sequences.

By filming a live action body-double with a 3D CGI mask of Reed's face, the unfinished sequences were completed.

The film is dedicated to Oliver Reed's memory.

Gladiator is showing tonight - Tuesday 2nd August - on ITV2 at 9pm

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