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Denzel Washington on His ‘Gladiator II’ Role: “I’m Putting This Dress On, These Rings, and I’m Going Crazy”

Washington joined Paul Mescal, Connie Nielsen and Fred Hechinger at an early screening of the sequel on Friday night.

At a special screening on the Paramount lot on Friday, Gladiator II stars Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen and Fred Hechinger offered a at their new film and opened up about their experiences working on Ridley Scott ‘s sequel. Mescal also touched on both his physical and emotional transformation for his character, joking that he had “this naive idea at the start where I was like, ‘I’m maybe gonna just play a gladiator that kind of looks normal. “I think it’s made by the only man who could ever touch it, in Ridley Scott, and personally, as his friend and his long admirer, I think it’s one of his finest pieces of work that I’ve seen in recent times,” the actor added.

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