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Paul Mescal Is ‘Massively Down’ for ‘Gladiator 3’ — and He Doesn’t Think It’ll Take Another 24 Years to Make It
"Gladiator II" may have taken over two decades to come to fruition, but Paul Mescal is already thinking about a third installment.
The Irish actor, who is also Variety ‘s latest cover star, leads the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic as Lucius Verus, the secret son of Maximus (the protagonist of the first film, played by Russell Crowe) and former heir to the Roman Empire. Scott returned to direct “Gladiator II,” and the film also stars Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi and Connie Nielsen. “Gladiator II” has earned decent reviews from critics, with Variety ‘s Owen Gleiberman calling it “probably about as good a movie as we could have expected it to be.” Mescal plays his role “like the disheveled son of Marlon Brando — a forlorn pussycat turned rager,” he notes.
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