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Gladiator II.The Oscar-winning actor plays Macrinus, an ambitious, wealthy Roman businessman who is presumed to be bisexual in the film.“I kissed the man in the film but they took it [out]. I think they got chicken,” he told Gayety.

Gladiator II star Paul Mescal has received a glowing tribute from his former school who have congratulated him on his leading role in the new Hollywood film which hit cinemas at the weekend.

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Refresh for latest…: Storming 63 international box office markets in its opening frame, and before domestic enters the arena this coming week, Paramount and Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II has debuted to an estimated $87M. This is within our pre-release projection, and also marks the biggest overseas start for a Ridley Scott-directed film, as well as Paramount’s best offshore bow for a U.S. R-rated movie.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Gladiator II” entered the international box office arena with $87 million from 63 markets, a powerful start for the quarter-century-in-the-making sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 best picture winner “Gladiator.” This marks the biggest international R-rated opening weekend for Paramount Pictures as well as the best overseas debut for Scott, whose highest-grossing films include “The Martian” ($630 million globally), “Gladiator” ($465 million globally) and “Prometheus” ($403 million). “Gladiator II” enjoyed the strongest start in the United Kingdom with $11.4 million from 722 locations, followed by France with $10.3 million from 729 locations, Spain with $5.6 million from 411 locations, Australia with $5 million from 353 locations and Mexico with $4.7 million from 922 locations.

Paul Mescal is entering the colosseum that is Studio 8H. The “Gladiator II” star was revealed to be the next host of “Saturday Night Live” in an interstitial that aired during the Nov. 16 episode featuring Charli XCX as guest.

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Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal will bring viewers back to the world of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2009) when the sequel film in which they star lands in theaters Nov. 22. Mescal will portray Lucius, the son of Connie Nielsen’s Lucilla, from the first film, and Neilsen will reprise her role from the 1992 film.

Ridley Scott has revealed that he almost made Gladiator II into a musical, but it ultimately never came to fruition.The filmmaker told Deadline that the Gladiator sequel was going to be a musical and see Russell Crowe reprising his role of Maximus – despite the character dying in the first film.The concept involved Nick Cave, who worked with Crowe to come up with a storyline focusing on Maximus “being sent back to Earth by the gods to kill Jesus Christ and his followers because he was stealing their thunder,” but Scott decided it was “bloody silly.”The director explained: “Nick Cave did a great job of invention and Russell was fully engaged. We all were, but I was the one dragging my feet.

Paul Mescal plays the lead role of Lucius in Gladiator 2, but his character’s origins have been redefined from the original film.Set over two decades after the events of the 2000 original, Gladiator 2 follows Lucius – the son of Lucilla and Maximus – who, after being forced into slavery, follows his father’s path by becoming a gladiator.Other members of the cast include Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, and Denzel Washington.Lucius (Spencer Treat Clark) has a small role in the original film. He is the young son of Lucille (Connie Nielson), who is the sister of Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix).

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator to receive a sequel, but it seems like another follow-up might be around the corner.Set over two decades after the events of the original film, Gladiator 2 follows Lucius (Paul Mescal) – the son of Lucilla and Maximus – who, after being forced into slavery, follows his father’s path by becoming a gladiator.Alongside Paul Mescal, the film’s cast includes Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, and Denzel Washington.While talks of a sequel began as early as June 2001, the film was released over two decades later on November 15, 2024 in the UK.Paramount has not officially announced a sequel to Gladiator 2, but Ridley Scott has said he’s “already toying” with the idea.“No seriously! I’ve lit the fuse,” Scott told France’s Premiere magazine. “The ending of Gladiator 2 is reminiscent of The Godfather with Michael Corleone finding himself with a job he didn’t want, and wondering, ‘Now, father, what do I do?’ So the next [film] will be about a man who doesn’t want to be where he is.”As such, assuming Gladiator 2 is a box office success, it’s very likely a sequel is on the cards.While there’s no release date for a third film, it sounds like we won’t have to wait another 24 years at least.In an interview with Total Film, Ridley Scott confirmed he has already made progress on the script.

And the award for best dressed of the night at the UK premiere of Gladiator II? It hands-down has to go to Pedro Pascal’s sister!

Denzel Washington has revealed that a same-sex kiss scene he filmed for Gladiator II was cut from the movie.In a new interview with Gayety, the actor, who portrays Macrinus in Ridley Scott‘s sequel to the 2000 blockbuster, said he kissed a male co-star in a since-deleted moment.After being asked “how gay” the Roman Empire was, Washington replied: “I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out. They cut it.

A ship-to shore invasion with fleets of Roman battleships fighting with trebuchets and thousands of archers. A naval duel to the death inside a flooded, shark-infested coliseum. A fight against a rampaging rhino, and hand-to-hand combat with a pissed-off hairless, snarling, possibly rabid baboon. Nobody does these things as well, or efficiently, as Ridley Scott, and with Gladiator II he’s topped the action of the Oscar-winning 2000 original, in a reflection of a more cruel, decadent and crumbling Rome, plagued by years of upheaval since the death of Russell Crowe’s rebel leader Maximus.

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.

Russell Crowe achieved worldwide stardom as Maximus in Gladiator, but he’s seemingly had a difficult relationship with the sequel.Directed by Ridley Scott, Gladiator 2 follows Maximus’ son Lucius (Paul Mescal) who, after being forced into slavery, follows his father’s path by becoming a gladiator.Alongside Paul Mescal, the film’s cast includes Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz and Denzel Washington.The only two cast members to return from the original film are Derek Jacobi and Connie Nielsen, who play senator Gracchus and Lucilla respectively.Russell Crowe does not return as Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator 2. His character died at the end of the first film after being stabbed by Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix).While the legacy of his character has an impact on his son Lucius, Maximus doesn’t make an appearance through any flashback or dream sequence.In June this year, Crowe admitted he felt “slightly uncomfortable” by the prospect of a Gladiator sequel, as he had no involvement in its creation.“I’m slightly uncomfortable, the fact they’re making another one, you know?” Crowe told Kyle Meredith.

Twenty-four years after Best Picture Oscar winner Gladiator reinvented the swords and sandals genre, its sequel, Gladiator II, is finally entering the arena. Paramount began overseas rollout Wednesday on the continuation of Ridley Scott’s Roman Empire action saga.

“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.

Denzel Washington is revealing that a same-sex kiss was cut from Gladiator II.

Denzel Washington opened up about a deleted scene from Gladiator II, which involved him kissing another man.