Paul Mescal, the “Aftersun” and “Normal People” will star in Ridley Scott’s sequel to Gladiator, the 2000 epic that made Russell Crowe a global star and won the Best Picture Oscar.
But the film isn’t a prequel and Mescal won’t be stepping into Crowe’s toga. As is well known, Maximus, Crowe’s character, died standing up for the Republic in the Colosseum.
Instead, Mescal will play Lucius, the son of Lucilla (played by Connie Nielsen in the original film).
Mescal will appear in Andrew Haigh’s “Strangers” opposite Andrew Scott and Claire Foy, as well as Garth Davis’s “Foe” with Saoirse Ronan.
Before he ventures back to Rome, Scott is directing Napoleon, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as the French despot.
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