There is one other big name being recruited to enter the colosseum: Oscar-winner Denzel Washington. Though, like Joaquin Phoenix's Emperor Commodus (also a real Roman emperor), it is expected that the character and story around him will be heavily fictionalized. Keoghan would play Emperor Geta, who was a Roman emperor in real life. Lucius was played by Spencer Treat Clark in the original movie.Īnother reported addition to the cast includes another Oscar-nominee, The Banshee of Inisherin's Barry Keoghan, per The Hollywood Reporter. So who will be picking up the sword from Crowe for Gladiator 2? Paul Mescal, best known for Normal People and his 2022 Oscar-nominated performance in Aftersun, was the first actor cast in the sequel, set to play the role of Lucius, the grown-up version of Lucilla's (Connie Nielsen) son from the first movie. If true that would give the movie 10 months of post-production work to meet its November release. But an Instagram post from star Paul Mescal with director Ridley Scott and the caption 'the end' seems to indicate that filming on the movie may be completed (at least for Mescal).

The movie did have to shut down production during the 2023 Hollywood strikes, which could impact its eventual release date.

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