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Paul Mescals Gladiator II character, Lucius, was previously featured in the original Gladiator movie but his father was given ...
Warning! This article contains spoilers for Gladiator 2. Lucius Verus, the main hero of Gladiator 2, is based on a real ...
It’s a story and script problem. Lucius is the protagonist of Gladiator II. He’s the character on the hero’s journey, and he completes his arc by the end of the film. But anytime Lucius is ...
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 ...
24 years on from the original, Gladiator 2 has finally arrived on our screens. This time around, the Ridley Scott film follows Maximus' son Lucius, who we first meet living in Numidia. Following ...
“Lucius, take your father’s strength. His name was Maximus, and I see him in you.” Gladiator never revealed exactly what led to Maximus and Lucilla breaking up many years before the start of ...
The highly-anticipated sequel stars Paul Mescal as Lucius, who we met in Gladiator as the son of Connie Nielsen's Lucilla. In an unexpected turn of events for the son of a Roman noblewoman ...
From director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II starring Paul Mescal in Theatres Nov. 22, 2024. Paramount Pictures "Lucius, take your father's strength. His name was Maximus, and I see him in you," she says.
By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Gladiator II, directed by Ridley Scott, sees Mescal playing a grown-up Lucius Verus II, a nephew to emperor Commodus from the original film, played by Joaquin Phoenix.
“Lucius, take your father’s strength. His name was Maximus, and I see him in you.” Gladiator II‘s newest trailer dropped an epic bombshell in the Colosseum. Lucilla’s son Lucius is ...