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Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington Hail Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator 2’ in Tokyo: ‘There’s No Better Director for Focusing on an Audience’s Sense of Entertainment’


Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington were in Tokyo to pay tribute to ‘Gladiator II' and its master filmmaker Ridley Scott.

A quartet of stars, headed by Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington, were on hand Monday in Tokyo to celebrate “ Gladiator II ” and its master filmmaker Ridley Scott. Similarly, movies often release in Japan months later than other territories, but with “Gladiator II” local distributor Towa Pictures is not wasting any time. Washington, who plays Lucius’ mentor as well as an arms dealer with designs on the Imperial throne, said: “Obviously, we were in the hand of a master filmmaker so there was a complete trust in what he what he is doing.”

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