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Irish actor Paul Mescal reveals the vice he refused to give up while training for his role on Gladiator II: 'I was petrified they were going to take it away'


Paul Mescal revealed the two vices he refused to give up while training for Gladiator II, as he made an appearance on The Project on Thursday night.

Paul Mescal, 28, (pictured) revealed the two vices he refused to give up while training for Gladiator II, as he made an appearance on The Project on Thursday night Gladiator II takes place several decades after the first instalment, and features Lucius (the son of Connie Nielsen's Lucilla) who is now living in Numidia, a region of northern Africa. Earlier this year, footage of Paul's Gladiator workout was widely circulated on TikTok and showed the actor doing dumbbell shoulder raises for a solid 23 seconds.

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