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Paul Mescal Felt ‘So Incapacitated’ by the Idea of Acting With Denzel Washington on ‘Gladiator 2’: ‘This Is F—ing Stupid. I Have a Job to Do’

Paul Mescal was "so incapacitated" by the idea of acting opposite Denzel Washington on "Gladiator 2."

Nabbing the lead role in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II” required Paul Mescal to act on the biggest film sets he’s ever seen. “ Gladiator 2 ” stars Mescal as a grown-up Lucius, the son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and the late Maximus (Russell Crowe). In an interview with Empire magazine in August, Washington said it was his “American Gangster” director Scott that lured him to star in the “Gladiator” sequel.

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