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Was Kirk Douglas in a chariot race in Spartacus?

Google AI

No, Kirk Douglas was not in a chariot race in Spartacus. The film notably avoided genre clichés like chariot races, which were a staple of other Roman epics of the time.

The famous, large-scale chariot race scene is from the film Ben-Hur (1959), released the year prior to Spartacus. That iconic scene featured Charlton Heston (as Judah Ben-Hur) and Stephen Boyd (as Messala) as the rival charioteers.

Kirk Douglas did want to play the lead role of Judah Ben-Hur in that film but was passed over, which then spurred him to develop and produce his own Roman epic, Spartacus.

[fuagf]

If you used my link then the results directly contradict each other which is really weird, though we learned a long time ago the same search link from different computers came up with somewhat different results. Has to be something in your computer which gave you such a different result. .