In Gladiator (2000), Maximus tells Lucius that his horses’ names were Argento and Scatto. According to Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe came up the names as an in-joke - loosely translated, Argento and Scatto in Italian mean “Silver” & “Trigger”, the names of the horses of The Lone Ranger and Roy Rogers

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image showing In Gladiator (2000), Maximus tells Lucius that his horses’ names were Argento and Scatto. According to Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe came up the names as an in-joke - loosely translated, Argento and Scatto in Italian mean “Silver” & “Trigger”, the names of the horses of The Lone Ranger and Roy Rogers

VictorBlimpmuscle on April 29th, 2021 at 22:14 UTC »

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DVD commentary with Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe - they discuss it at approx. 1hr 16min 30sec.

Edit: meant to include the link to the scene - here it is.

MegaMeech on April 29th, 2021 at 22:35 UTC »

niiice. solid movie detail!

risi004 on April 29th, 2021 at 22:36 UTC »

Great detail from a great movie. Love it.