So, Maximus was a bit of a Dirty Dawg (Spoiler)
Having two baby boys with 2 different women within months of each other.
You Dirty Dawwwwg.
No matter how both Ridley and Connie want to cut it, Maximus was not Lucias' father.
shareWhy not? Lucius wasn't born with any deformities. That might have been a clue. Not all incestuous relationships will produce handicap kids, but the chances are high, especially brother and sister.
shareI think you’re confused, were is the incestuous relationship bit coming from.
Lucious says that his father is Lucious Verras or something, but it’s implied that his mother and Maximus had a relationship at some point, maybe even during both of their relationships with their respective partners. Either way you spin it, there was no familial relation between any of the people involved, aside from Lucilla and Commodus, and it’s made clear that she was not hooking up with him.
I think the movie implied plenty.. that Commodus had his way with his sister. Which is also why she was in constant fear of Lucius being alone with her Brother. He was a sick man, a molester. The boy told Maximus who his father was, but that's simply info his mom passed on to him. Who knows if his mom told him the truth, and due to Gladiator 2, we now know she lied to him. Also, in Gladiator 2, when discussing the real identity of Lucius, Denzel's character talked about how there were rumors of incest between Lucile and Commodus. I've always thought the movie tried to make us think the incest angle was a possibility, Gladiator 2 confirms it. Though it turns out Maximus was the father, the fact that these characters discuss incest rumors is confirmation that the idea was planted in the first movie. At the end of Gladiator, when Commodus killed all the traitors, and the jig was up.. he even demanded his sister give him an heir of pureblood. If I'm confused... then it's the movie that has confused me. LOL!
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