Crowe won an Oscar for the movie, which received 12 Academy Award nominations, taking home five gongs. Russell Crowe played Maximus Decimus Meridius in the original Gladiator film (Ian West/PA)In Gladiator 2, Sir Ridley Scott returns to direct and Connie Nielsen plays Lucilla alongside Mescal, with Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal also joining the cast. “I’ll have an answer next year, but if (Gladiator 2) impacts my life in that way, I’ll be in a bad spot. Mescal rose to fame for playing complex student Connell in hit BBC romantic series Normal People. His latest film, romantic fantasy drama All Of Us Strangers, sees him star opposite fellow Irish actor Andrew Scott.

Source: The Times January 14, 2024 13:10 UTC