However, Scott has vocally pushed back against the idea that he invented the idea of water battles in the Colosseum. “You’re dead wrong,” the 86-year-old told an interviewer from Collider.

Areas, including the Colosseum, were flooded with water for staged fights. These mock naval battles, known as naumachia, began during Julius Caesar's rule in Rome.

Sharks? Maybe not. But sea battles, semi-aquatic creatures and plenty of other eye-popping spectacles were part of the real-life games at the ancient Roman Colosseum.

Airbnb “The Colosseum is a symbol of the thousand-year history of Rome, its image must not be debased in the eyes of the world and it cannot become a playground,” he fumed.

Sharks? Maybe not. But sea battles, semi-aquatic creatures and plenty of other eye-popping spectacles were part of the real-life games at the ancient Roman Colosseum.