Pedro Pascal would “rather be thrown from a building” than fight Paul Mescal again for ‘Gladiator II’
nme.comPedro Pascal has said he would “rather be thrown from a building” than fight Paul Mescal again after shooting their scenes together in Gladiator II.The first look images of Mescal in Gladiator II were shared yesterday, giving fans a glimpse into Ridley’s Scott’s sequel to the Russell Crowe-starring, Oscar winning original.In the images, obtained by Vanity Fair, Mescal looks to be channelling Crowe’s Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius from the 2000 film.
Maximus was betrayed and enslaved as a gladiator, later fighting his way up the ranks to avenge the murders of his family and the emperor.In the new film, Mescal will lead a new story that focuses on Lucius, the son of Connie Nielsen’s Lucilla from the first film.
Nielsen will be reprising her role, and the cast will also be joined by Pascal, Denzel Washington and Stranger Things actor Joseph Quinn.Now, in a new interview with Vanity Fair, Pascal has opened up about what it was like for his character to fight Mescal, joking that he would rather be “thrown from a building” than do a fight scene with him again.“He got so strong.
I would rather be thrown from a building than have to fight him again,” Pascal said. “To go up against somebody that fit and that talented and that much younger….It’s brutal, man.
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