Gladiator 2: Everything to know about Paul Mescal in the new movie

It’s time to enter the arena again – but this time, Ordinary People actor Paul Mescal Will wear armor In the much anticipated Gladiator 2.

The original 2000 film Follow Russell Crowe as the Roman generalwho was reduced to slavery after the murder of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, was played by the late Richard Harris. The film was nominated for 12 Oscars and ultimately won five, including Best Picture.

The film’s cast includes Found in Devil’s Dyke remakeMezcal, bloodied and bruised in costume, films an intense fight scene in the V-shaped valley in Sussex, England. While principal photography originally took place in Morocco, reshoots had to take place at the National Trust park in the UK.

The sequel directed by Ridley Scott starring Mezcal is highly anticipated as the audience has waited 24 years to see the sequel. In addition, Mezcal also has a stellar cast including The Last of Us Stars Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington and Stranger Things Actor Joseph Quinn. Here’s everything you need to know.

Who’s in there?

The sequel will see Mescal play the title character Lucius, the son of Connie Nielsen’s Lucilla and the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus.

Nelson will be returning alongside another veteran actor, Derek Jacobi, who will once again play Gracchus.

Fred Hechinger is best known for White LotusQuinn play the co-emperors Geta and Caracalla respectively, while Washington plays a former slave seeking revenge.

Other cast members include Pascal, who plays the powerful Roman general Marcus Acacius, who was trained by Crowe’s Maximus Decimus Meridius. Little Britain Starring Matt Lucas and Avatar’s Peter Mensah will also star.

Mescal didn’t have to audition for the sequel because he said Scott reached out to him and hand-picked him to play the lead role.

this After sun exposure The star explained that he had met with the renowned director and “discussed the parameters of the story. And then, afterwards, I was given a script”.

“It was a daunting feat. It made me nervous, but I felt like I could do it,” Mezcal said. “I’m proud that I could do it.”

What’s in the trailer?

On July 9, the first trailer of the film was released Washington’s character Macrinus asks Mescal’s character, ‘Where were you born?’ He responds, ‘I don’t know, I never saw my mother or my father.’ The following scenes show the Colosseum, flashbacks and the emperor and his allies strategizing.

Promotional materials for the film state: “Years ago, Lucius (Mescal) witnessed the death of the revered hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle. Years later, with his hometown occupied by a cruel emperor and Rome ruled with an iron fist, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum.”

“Filled with rage and with the future of the empire at stake, Lucius must look to the past for the strength and honor to return the glory of Rome to its people.”

When was it decided?

While the time frame has yet to be confirmed, Scott has previously revealed that Lucius has lived in the woods for 15 years with no contact with his mother (Nelson), who he thought was dead. The film will likely pick up where the original film left off and go on for nearly 20 years.

Plot details remain under wraps, but a preview of an unfinished trailer premiered at CinemaCon in April 2024, showing a blood-soaked Mezcal fighting multiple gladiators, as well as baboons and rhinos.

The original film is set in 180 AD and tells the story of Maximus returning home after leading the Roman army to victory.

When will it be released?

Gladiator 2 is set to hit theaters on November 15, 2024.

Will Russell Crowe be in the cast?

Crowe, who won an Oscar for the film, denied claims that he would be featuring flashback scenes in the film and Admits to being “jealous” of Mescal’s experiencesaying: “Obviously, I was a lot younger and that experience meant a lot to me. It really changed my life. It changed how people viewed me and what I did for a living.”

Although Crowe firmly denied that he would appear Gladiator 2In July this year, the actor was spotted in Malta, where the film was being shot, sparking excessive speculation.

this Iron Fist Man Star Claims he “recently travelled to Malta for another reason”performing concerts with his band Indoor Garden Party.

However, he told the outlet that seeing the film’s sets – which he said were identical to the ones built in the 1990s – made him feel nostalgic.

In another interview with Kyle Meredith, Crowe explained why he was “kind of uncomfortable with them doing another movie.”

“Because, of course, I’m dead, I have no say in what’s going to be done,” he said, going on to explain that he didn’t like what he heard about the plot of the new film.

“Some of the things I heard made me feel like, ‘No, no, no, that doesn’t fit with the moral journey of that particular character,'” he said.

“But I can’t say anything, it’s not my place to do, I’m already six feet underground. So we’ll see how it goes.”

Gladiator 2 It will be released in theaters on November 15, 2024.