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Warriors' Buddy Hield Reveals Hilarious Reason He Was Disappointed in Trip to Colosseum

It has to with "Gladiator."

Brigid Kennedy

Hield said he went into the arena yelling, "Maximus!"
Hield said he went into the arena yelling, "Maximus!" / Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images
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When most tourists visit the Roman Colosseum, they are no doubt struck by the sheer size and scale of the ancient amphitheater, the history it embodies, and the unimaginable determination it took to build. But when Warriors guard Buddy Hield visits the Colosseum, he's thinking about something else.

Speaking with ESPN during Summer League action in Las Vegas, Hield said his trip to the Colosseum was lacking because he learned an upsetting fact about the 2000s blockbuster Gladiator—specifically, that Russell Crowe's character Maximus was not a real person.

"I watched Gladiator and I thought Maximus was a real warrior," Hield hilariously explained. "So I'm going into the Colosseum screaming, 'Maximus!', and my tour guide said, 'He's not real.'

Watch that hilarious moment below:

Talk about a let down, from one warrior to another. We hope he recovers enough to give the Colosseum another chance in the future, but we'll file this one away among the many other hilarious Buddy Hield quotes in the meantime.

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Brigid Kennedy
BRIGID KENNEDY

Brigid Kennedy is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, she covered political news, sporting news and culture at TheWeek.com before moving to Livingetc, an interior design magazine. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, dual majoring in television, radio and film (from the Newhouse School of Public Communications) and marketing managment (from the Whitman School of Management). Offline, she enjoys going to the movies, reading and watching the Steelers.

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