Draped in flowy silk capes and adorned with rattling, chunky gold, and silver rings, Denzel Washington embodies the flashiest villain and the colosseum’s bullpen organizer, Macrinus. In ...

In real life, Macrinus reigned for just over a year and was known as the first Emperor who never visited Rome during his time in power, marking another difference between real history and Gladiator 2.

For much of Gladiator 2, Macrinus puts on a front as a gracious and generous figure, especially when interacting with Lucilla and Emperors Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Emperor Caracalla (Fred Hechinger).

Denzel Washington plays Macrinus in Gladiator II from Paramount Pictures. As Mescal’s Lucius hopes for and fights for a better Rome, Macrinus has other plans: a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.

Macrinus’ motif was a clue to his true intentions. Production designer Arthur Max, who worked on the first “Gladiator” film, knew Macrinus would need a visual motif.

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Denzel Washington, who steals the show in "Gladiator II" with his depiction of Macrinus, a gladiator-turned-arms and slave trader with political aspirations, has always been at his best when he ...

The legendary actor has picked up plenty of Oscar buzz for his role in Gladiator 2, but he failed to secure a BAFTA nomination. Shockingly, Washington has never been nominated for a BAFTA at all ...

Gladiator II has grossed $221 million worldwide so far, and interestingly enough, is already Washington’s second-highest-grossing film. His top-grossing hit remains American Gangster, which ...

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