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Paul Mescal reveals he became so muscular he felt his body 'could inflict real damage' after intense training sessions for Gladiator II
The actor, 28, explained that after working out with a fitness coach, riding horses and learning to fight, he began to feel strong and powerful.
The actor, 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). Gladiator II takes place several decades after the first instalment, and features Lucius (the son of Connie Nielsen's Lucilla) who is now living in Numidia, a region of northern Africa and is bought by a slave owner (Denzel Washington pictured)
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