Paul Mescal: Last News

Paul Mescal has revealed that he had an argument with Ridley Scott on the set of Gladiator II because the director wouldn’t let him perform his own stunt.The actor stars as Lucius in the new film, which is released in UK cinemas on Friday (November 15), alongside Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Derek Jacobi and Joseph Quinn.The Normal People and All Of Us Strangers star was eager to perform as many of his own stunts as he could, and in the case of one particular scene, that resulted in him having a moment of confrontation with his director.Towards the end of the film, Lucius mounts a horse in pursuit of Washington’s Macrinus, and as Mescal recently told Variety, Scott tried to stop him from climbing onto the horse himself.“Two weeks before the scene, Ridley says, ‘You’re not fucking doing it,’ and I was like, ‘What the fuck?,’ and we had this argument,” Mescal said.Scott was in fact acting on advice he had picked up from his 1977 debut film The Duellists, when he allowed leading man Keith Carradine to ride a horse on set on the final day of shooting. The actor broke his leg and cost the production a fortune in insurance payouts.“I was pestering him constantly,” Mescal added.

“Gladiator II” did not make the final cut. Washington, 69, plays Macrinus, a wealthy power player in Rome who owns a troop of gladiators, in Ridley Scott’s sequel to his 2000 sword-and-sandal epic. The character reportedly mentions having had relationships with other men in the past, a plot point that led LGBTQ news outlet Gayety to query further when interviewing Washington ahead of the film’s premiere on Wednesday.When asked, “How gay is the Roman empire?” Washington responded with the reveal about his same-sex kiss.

the “Gladiator II” premiere in London on Wednesday. The “Equalizer 3” star, 69, attended the premiere along with his co-stars Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, “Gladiator II” director Sir Ridley Scott and King Charles.

Gladiator II is expected to be one of the biggest movies of the year and it even has the attention of the royal family!

King Charles looked in good spirits as he attended the Gladiator II premiere in London’s Leicester Square.The monarch, who recently led fellow members of the Royal Family at the annual Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph, wore a black suit and bow tie and smiled as he stepped out of his car onto the red carpet. While at the event, Charles, 75, met some of the stars of the film including Hollywood legends Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal.

Challengers star Josh O’Connor has said sex scenes in films are “the least sexy thing in the world.”O’Connor starred in the Luca Guadagnino film Challengers earlier this year. It sees Zendaya play Tashi Donaldson, a professional tennis player who gets caught up in a love triangle with fellow players and best friends, Art (Mike Faist) and Patrick (O’Connor).The film features a number of intimate moments between the characters – most notably a scene where the trio kiss each other in a hotel room.When asked about filming sex scenes during a new interview with Vanity Fair, O’Connor said they are “a very strange thing” and referenced Challengers in his answer.He continued: “It’s the least sexy thing in the world.

highly anticipated sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 hit film “Gladiator.”“I do feel the pressure, and I do feel the desire for this to make money,” Mescal told Variety in an interview published Wednesday. “The box office needs a shot in the arm, and if films like ‘Gladiator II’ aren’t doing it, it would be concerning.

Paul Mescal, eight men in short shorts walk past on the street. It may be a surprisingly sunny late September morning in London, but it’s cold — not the weather for exposed thighs — and these gentlemen don’t look like they’re out for a jog. “I have noticed certain similarities in certain specific boroughs of London,” Mescal says upon his arrival, when I ask if he’s spotted any lookalikes on his travels.

Denzel Washington, hailed as one of the finest actors in the annals of film, admitted to feeling starstruck just once before.

Gladiator II and Wicked could be set to have the same impact as last year’s Barbenheimer phenomenon.Dubbed the Glicked effect, both movies are set to take the box office by storm in the coming days when they are simultaneously released much like Barbie and Oppenheimer last year.According to Deadline, Jon M. Chu’s Wicked and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II are set to pull in huge takings on their openings with the former expected to pull in over $80million (£62.8million) and the latter $65million (£51million) domestically.Wicked is also expected to popular with women while Gladiator II is set to pull in men and also older women.At the #AcademyMuseumGala, Paul Mescal explains why he would love to see #GladiatorII x #WickedMovie's #Glicked release become a #Barbenheimer type moment pic.twitter.com/BzfQmD5Ahi— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) October 20, 2024When asked about the potential Glicked phenomenon, Gladiator II star Paul Mescal told The Hollywood Reporter: “I don’t wanna jinx anything.

The buzzy Edinburgh Fringe play Weather Girl, which Netflix has acquired for a limited series, will transfer to London’s Soho Theatre next year. 

Naman Ramachandran Studiocanal’s third “Paddington” instalment, “Paddington in Peru,” delivered a commanding £9.6 million ($12.3 million) opening weekend at the U.K. and Ireland box office, per numbers from Comscore. “Paddington in Peru” scored the biggest opening of the year for a British-produced film, the biggest opening in the territory for the franchise and is Studiocanal’s highest U.K.

House of Gucci” was devoured by lions; the gauche “Napoleon” decapitated. And “The Last Duel” hemorrhaged gallons of blood (and millions of dollars).But he’s finally notched a win with “Gladiator II,” the enjoyable follow-up to his Best Picture Oscar winner from 2000 that’s not so much long-awaited as it is suddenly here.Honestly — who ever thought there’d be another “Gladiator”?Is it an essential continuation of the story of Russell Crowe’s fallen fighter Maximus? Eh, not really.

The acclaimed London revival of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire starring Paul Mescal, Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan will transfer to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a limited run beginning February 28, 2025, with the Off Broadway run continuing through April 6.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic It may not be high praise, but “Gladiator II,” the sequel to Ridley Scott’s landmark slash-and-burn ancient Rome spectacular, is probably about as good a movie as we could have expected it to be. Written by David Scarpa (“Napoleon”) and directed by Scott (who, at 86, hasn’t lost his touch for the peacock pageantry of teeming masses thirsting for blood), the movie is a solid piece of neoclassical popcorn — a serviceable epic of brutal warfare, Colosseum duels featuring lavish decapitations and beasts both animal and human, along with the middlebrow “decadence” of palace intrigue. The whole film is tailored to the next-generation specifications of its star, Paul Mescal, who plays a descendant of Russell Crowe’s Maximus (I won’t say more) and does it by not trying to imitate Crowe’s performance.

Director Ridley Scott shared a heated behind-the-scenes moment from the film "Gladiator." Scott said Joaquin Phoenix nearly refused to play his villainous role, Commodus, in the 2000 action film. "He was in his prince’s outfit saying, ‘I can’t do it.’ I said, ‘What?’ the "Gladiator" director told The New York Times. Scott added that Russell Crowe said, "This is terribly unprofessional." When the director was asked "how do you convince someone to stay" on a movie set, Scott replied, "I can act as a big brother or dad.

Queen Camilla will be absent from all Remembrance events this weekend due to a chest infection, as confirmed by Buckingham Palace.The Palace had previously stated on Friday that her attendance would depend on medical advice closer to the time. Meanwhile, it was announced that the Princess of Wales would accompany King Charles and Prince William at the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph and the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.

EXCLUSIVE: As they globally barnstorm their Paramount epic Gladiator II, director Ridley Scott and Paul Mescal will jump right back in the ring together. Scott has set as his next directorial outing The Dog Stars at 20th Century, with Paul Mescal in advance negotiations to star.

Katcy Stephan As “Gladiator II” barrels towards theaters, Ridley Scott and Paul Mescal are already set to re-team on a new project. Scott will direct “The Dog Stars” for 20th Century, with Mescal in advance negotiations to star. Scott will work with Steve Asbell and the 20th Century Studios team to bring the film, adapted by Mark L Smith from Peter Heller’s apocalyptic thriller, to life.

Gladiator II director Ridley Scott opened up about how close we came to getting Barry Keoghan in the movie.

Paul Mescal lookalike competition took place in Dublin today (November 7), with seven men competing for a modest prize.The contestants – one of which didn’t intend to join the event, but was just on his way to work – descended on Smithfield Square while sporting similar haircuts to the actor and wearing unseasonably short shorts.The contest took place on the cobblestones outside the Lighthouse cinema, where Mescal himself, just hours later, appeared for the Irish premiere of Gladiator II. The competition promised the winner the choice of a €20 cheque or three pints of beer.25-year-old Jack Wall O’Reilly was voted as the best Mescal lookalike, and he was thoroughly chuffed with his reward.“I’m working at the moment so 20 quid or a few pints would go a long way to get through the day,” he told Metro.In addition to Mescal’s trademark hairstyle and short shorts, O’Reilly also mimicked the Normal People star with some mid-length white socks and trainers, along with a devil-may-care washed-out hoodie.A post shared by IndieWire (@indiewire)The contest comes just a couple of weeks after Timothée Chalamet surprised fans by crashing his own lookalike competition in New York City.As noted by Variety on Instagram, the actor sneaked into the middle of the group of assembled Chalamet lookalikes, before eventually revealing his identity.According to FM104, nearly 900 people had responded to the invite to the competition, with several uploading photographs of their own supposed likeness to the 28-year-old actor.