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Connie Nielsen plays Lucilla in "Gladiator II" (Paramount Pictures)In an egregiously outdated move, "Gladiator II" excludes any female characters who have a purpose besides getting shot with ...

This includes a returning character—Lucilla Aurelius ... through recycled quotes and mannerisms, such as when Verus Aurelius rubs his hands with the arena’s sand. Even the recurring flashes of the ...

Between the stylized opening montage of the main scenes from the original film and the repeated quotes from the first film, “Gladiator II” is shameless ... He is the illegitimate son of Lucilla ...

Gladiator 2 is a 71%), but audience scores match the first one. As for the story of a potential third film, the second film (spoilers) ended with almost everyone dead. Connie Nielsen’s Lucilla ...

She returns as Lucilla in "Gladiator II." Oliver Reed played gladiator trainer Antonius Proximo. Reed died while filming "Gladiator." Reed was one of the most acclaimed actors of his era.

Meanwhile, Danish actress Connie Nielsen suited up to play Lucilla anew after 14 years. She is the only star from the first Gladiator film who is reprising a role in Gladiator II. Connie Nielsen ...

Plus, up-and-coming actors Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger play Emperors Geta and Caracalla, respectively, while Connie Nielsen plays Lucilla, reprising her Gladiator role. Subscribe to our ...

This article contains major Gladiator II spoilers ... which we later find out was taught to a young Lucius by his mother Lucilla (Connie Nielsen), carries much more weight to the story than ...

who shuffled off this mortal coil at the end of 2000's "Gladiator," leaving behind his lover Lucilla (a returning Connie Nielsen) and young son Lucius (now a buff twentysomething played by Paul ...