Pedro Pascal's role in Gladiator II is just the start of his new rise in movies ... most popular characters lean more towards the gruff hero, other Pascal movies and shows have been able to ...

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.

The hero will stay alive this ... save Rome and the new villains who will rise to stop him. Mescal told Variety last week at the London premiere of "Gladiator II" that he would be "massively ...

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".

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.

(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.

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