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‘SNL’ Imagines ‘Gladiator II’ As A Musical, With Paul Mescal Singing About Being A Killing Machine
SNL on Saturday imagined a world where, influenced by the success of Wicked and Moana 2, Gladiator II decides to add music to become a bigger hit.
SNL on Saturday imagined a world where, influenced by the success of Wicked and Moana 2, Gladiator II decides to add 50 minutes of musical content to become an even bigger hit. That was the plot of a skit featuring host Paul Mescal “reprising” his Gladiator II role as Lucius, except this version croons about his feeling misunderstood as a killing machine when “they don’t know that far below I’m so much more.” It all kicked off with Kenan Thompson singing how there’s “No Place Like Rome” with Mescal agreeing that “I’m gonna like it here.” From there, the skit went on to explain how an extra 50 minutes of songs were added to the sequel that still promised to be the “same violent epic.”
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