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Russell Crowe Feels ‘Slightly Uncomfortable’ With Upcoming ‘Gladiator’ Sequel


Russell Crowe says he feels ambivalent about the sequel to 'Gladiator,' since his character is dead.

With the way that Gladiator ended (and typing “spoiler alert” will already spoil the rest of this article for you), Russell Crowe feels ambivalent that director Ridley Scott is filming a sequel. Gladiator II, which is not using Nick Cave’s lost script, will star Paul Mescal ( Normal People) as Lucius Verus, former Emperor Marcus Aurelius’ grandson. “I found Normal People, and I thought, ‘This is interesting,'” Scott explained of the casting in an interview with Rolling Stone last year.

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