Gladiator 2: Russell Crowe Debunks Rumor, Reveals Plot Details

Gladiator 2: We don’t know much about the upcoming sequel to Ridley Scott’s Gladiator, but Russell Crowe said in a recent interview that his character, Maximus, won’t be in it at all.

Gladiator 2: Russell Crowe Debunks Rumor, Reveals Plot Details

On the Australian radio show Fitzy and Wippa, Crowe was asked (via Actionewz) if he planned to be in the sequel. Crowe quickly said that he wasn’t, but he did say some things about the story that fans could expect.

Even though some people might want Crowe to come back, it seems unlikely because his character, Maximus Decimus Meridius, dies at the movie’s end. A report from Deadline says that Paul Mescal will be in charge of Gladiator 2. The Irish actor, who is 26 years old, is best known for his parts in Aftersun and Normal People, the latter of which got him a nomination for an Emmy. Instead of taking place before the first movie and focusing on Maximus, Mescal will play Lucius, Connie Nelson’s character Lucilla’s son.

Gladiator 2: Russell Crowe Debunks Rumor, Reveals Plot Details

Scott will again be in charge of making Gladiator 2, which doesn’t have a name yet. It’s likely to be the director’s next project, since he just finished Napoleon with Joaquin Phoenix (who also starred in the original Gladiator). A sequel has been discussed for over a decade, but the current version didn’t start to come together until Paramount joined the project in 2018.

David Scarpa wrote the script for the movie. Michael Pruss, who is the president of Scott and Scott Free, will work with Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher of Red Wagon Entertainment to make the sequel to Gladiator. Universal has the right to join the project once it’s all put together, since they helped make the first one with DreamWorks. The costume designer Janty Yates and the production designer Arthur Max are also back from the first movie.

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