Gabriele Antonini and Gordon Scott, as Mucius, in COLOSSUS OF ROME (1964; aka Hero of Rome)
It's rare in the PEPLUM universe to see the Hero with a visible disability like Scott's character in this movie. The story is based on actual people in history though it definitely takes liberties to make the story more PEPLUM-like, such as Mucius being able to lift a tree, which in reality wouldn't happen. I like this movie and there are a lot of truly memorable scenes in it even though I feel the overall impression could have been more impactful. Antonini played Ulysses in the HERCULES movies with Steve Reeves. It's fun to watch him work with Scott. I wonder who he liked more, Reeves or Scott.
I suspect Reeves. Scott was supposed to be very egotistical although he was probably the best actual actor in the Italian Epic genre. Maybe because of all his previous training in Hollywood.
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