Ridley Scott’s longtime collaborator accuses the Gladiator 2 director of being “lazy” and “impatient” when making films: “Having a lot of cameras didn’t make the films any better in my opinion.”

John Mathieson, the cinematographer for both Gladiator films, has harshly criticized Ridley Scott’s current filmmaking habits in a new interview.

I’ll keep talking The DocFix podcastMathieson described Scott’s tendency to leave things in the shot only to clean them up later in post-production as “lazy”.