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Paul Mescal admits he was 'very naive' as he jokes 'I was going to go for normal Gladiator' before he was told about his intense training regime for blockbuster movie

Paul Mescal has revealed he did not realise how ripped he was going to have to be for new film Gladiator II as he opened up about his intense training to get in shape.

Paul cut a dapper figure for the magazine cover in a grey blazer and white open collar shirt as he joined by Wicked star Ariana Grande. The thespian, who rose to fame as Connel Waldron in the BBC's lockdown smash hit Normal People, plays the son of Russell Crowe's legendary Maximus. Although the character is long-since dead and buried, it is vengeful Lucius (Paul) who must fight for his liberty in the film after being taken into slavery and ripped away from his wife and daughter by general Marcus (Pedro Pascal).

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