The horse that Russell Crowe rides in Gladiator is the same as the one from the film, Robin Hood, and his name is George. Russell claims that they had a special connection since the beginning and that when they met again 10 years later for the filming of Robin Hood, when Russell went to greet George, he said, “Do you realize we won an Academy Award?” Crowe said jokingly —or not— that the horse did know.