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Paul Mescal Bulked Up for ‘Gladiator 2’ but Didn’t Want to Become a Sex Symbol: I Never Wanted to Look ‘More Like an Underwear Model Than a Warrior’
Paul Mescal is bulked up in "Gladiator 2," but he says his transformation into a Roman gladiator was never about becoming a sex symbol.
Paul Mescalrevealed to Vanity Fair as part of the first look at “Gladiator II” that he got offered the sequel’s leading role after only meeting director Ridley Scott for about a half hour. The story picks up with Lucius living as a young adult in the northern African region of Numidia, where he was sent by his mother as a child as it was just outside the reach of the Roman Empire. Much of the pre-release buzz for “Gladiator II” has been on Mescal’s transformation into a bulked-up movie heartthrob, but the actor stressed to Vanity Fair that was never his intention with the role.
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