20 Things You Somehow Missed In Gladiator
19. Joaquin Phoenix's Weight Changes Throughout The Film
During early filming, Phoenix made the decision that his character Commodus should start to grow physically larger as both his power as Emperor and his own sense of importance did, so he made a deliberate acting choice to gain weight. It is noticeable, especially in his face.
A few weeks after that, Ridley Scott commented on his weight gain. Phoenix took offense to what he saw as an attack on his style of acting, so he practically stopped eating for weeks.
With this in mind, depending on how he looks on screen, you can gauge at what point a scene was filmed during the production schedule.