Gladiator II star Paul Mescal wanted to separate himself as much as possible from the first movie.

IRISH actor Paul Mescal has said he was “blown away” by the crowd of Irish fans that came out to support him. The actor attended a premiere at the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin for his

Gladiator II” may have taken over two decades to come to fruition, but star Paul Mescal is already thinking about a third installment of Ridley Scott’s epic. When asked by Variety at the film’s London premiere if he’d want to make “Gladiator 3,

Paul Mescal revealed in a new interview with Variety how he got absolutely ripped for his starring role in Gladiator II. Mescal wanted to gain 22 pounds for the role, realizing that he “needed to be big” to make his character’s gladiatorial prowess believable.

Set 16 years after Crowe's hero Maximus died in the original 2000 "Gladiator" film, the sequel follows Mescal's character Lucius, a prisoner taken to Rome after his homeland is conquered by a fleet of Roman warships led by General Acacius,

Irish actor Paul Mescal channelled suave sophistication in a loose-fitting Gucci tux on the red carpet of the Gladiator 2 premiere in London. Styled by Felicity Kay, the Maynooth man wore high-waisted boxy suit trousers with a silk lapel suit jacket and an open collar white shirt.

Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal and director Sir Ridley Scott walked the red carpet in London