24 years after the authentic movie, Ridley Scott is bringing “Gladiator” back to the big screens
Taking on from Russell Crowe as the central persona, Paul Mescal performs Lucius Verus, thrown into the Gladiator ring to fight for his existence in front of baying crowds.
As successfully as director Scott back at the back of the helm, Connie Nielsen reprises her role as Lucilla – one thing she did now not mediate would occur.
“No, I really didn’t. I saw this as a one goer, like it was a oner. And it was like sort of like such an amazing story,” she said of the first movie.
“And then I read the script and I was just like, just really bowled over by like the sheer story – really, really good story and plot points where I would like, ‘OK. That’s kind of going to be amazing. Yeah,” she added.
Academy Award winning actor Denzel Washington furthermore steps into this passe Roman world playing Macrinus. Washington said he admires his persona’s tenacity.
” I think he is a genius in how he was able to get from the literally arena floor to the halls of whatever they were called, the Roman hierarchy. I give them a lot of credit. Now, how we got there, you know, we don’t see the half of it,” he smiled.
And carrying the Roman garb indubitably helped him to win into persona:
“That helped. All of it helped. All the elements of everything you saw look like Rome. All the people look like Rome. You couldn’t help but be Roman on those sets with that, with the gear,” he said of his undercover agent.
“Gladiator II” furthermore stars Fred Hechinger,, Joseph Quinn and Pedro Pascal. It is opening in cinemas around the world from Thursday 14 November.
Extra sources • AP
