Gladiator....

[Tarbicus]

A Time To Love And A Time To Die

I do, and I've been trying to remember the title for ages. Thanks! Daring stuff considering when it was made.

Peter Ustinov however said that Americans were more like the ancient Romans in Character.

Nick Nolte and Ray Winstone - my first choices for centurions.

Mel Gibson ... I expect that if ever he does make 'Boudicca' then the Roman bad guys who flog Boudicca and assault her daughters will look much the same and probably Boudicca will be played by an American!

Scottish probably, although Welsh would probably be the logical choice. I once stopped a Welsh mother and daughter at Charing Cross Station one morning as I'd been dying to know for a long time whether Welsh can be spoken in a Scottish accent, for a personal project. It turned out the daughter was an actor, and pulled it off perfectly to our mutual amusement (they had never even considered it before). Gave them something to talk about that day I suppose

He'd have to thin out though. Caesar was pretty thin.

You haven't seen The Hours? Positively emaciated himself to fulfill the role of a man dying of AIDS.