he might have similar ambitions in Gladiator 2, making him more of a villain than a hero. Owing to this, he might use Lucius' rise to power as a means to push his own agenda and plan to become the ...

Lucius is the protagonist of Gladiator II. He’s the character on the hero’s journey ... However, it’s easy to support Macrinus’ rise to power when two foolish emperors act like children.

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Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), was the former lover of the first film's hero, Maximus (Russell Crowe). But in the new trailer for Gladiator 2, the older Lucius Verus (Paul Mescal) finally learns the truth.

just as in Gladiator. To misquote Raymond Chandler, "down these mean Roman vias a man must walk who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. He is the hero; he is everything".

(L-R) Ridley Scott and Paul Mescal on the set of 'Gladiator II' Adan Monaghan/Paramount ... Very inventive, quite brilliant at being the hero to the bad boy. But this is a new universe.