Paul Mescal has revealed he initially “bailed” at meeting Denzel Washington for the first time because he was so nervous.The two actors are appearing together in upcoming sequel Gladiator II, which follows on from the 2000 hit and sees Mescal play Lucius, the son of Maximus, while Washington portrays Macrinus.Appearing on The Graham Norton Show last week, Mescal opened up about introducing himself to Washington on set for the first time.“The first day that I was actually working with Denzel, he was up in the box, and I was rolling around fighting some monkeys or something,” he recalled. “At the end of the day, I was like, ‘I must go up and introduce myself to Denzel.’“I was stood at the bottom of the steps, and I stood there for a couple of minutes, and I said, ‘Not today’.