From legendary director Ridley Scott, Gladiator II continues the epic saga of power, intrigue, and vengeance set in Ancient Rome. Starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington.
When Hollywood is poised to turn you into the most marketable actor on the planet, it's very unwise to have a photograph of yourself published in mass-circulation newspapers above stories describing you 'sniffing a suspicious substance from a key during a wild weekend at Glastonbury '.
'Gladiator II is going to take Mescal into the stratosphere,' says a senior Los Angeles studio executive. He described as 'terrific' the sequel to the Russell Crowe classic about a former Roman general exacting vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery. The film's hotly anticipated trailer, released last week and already garnering a record 180million views, shows the Colosseum in Rome flooded to stage a naval battle between gladiators and slaves as sharks circle beneath. In another, Mescal's character faces a charging rhino.
Mescal dominates the screen, despite sharing it with heavyweight co-stars including Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal and Derek Jacobi, says the executive. A source who worked on Gladiator II, which returned to Malta where the first film was mostly shot, said crew members were 'blown away' by his physicality.
'One could, in striving for that perfect look, end up looking more like an underwear model than a warrior.' For Mescal, Gladiator II could be life-changing. 'He's being sent every hot script in Hollywood,' says one executive. 'Everything from Marvel franchises to the script of the new Bee Gees biopic – offering him the chance to play whichever one he wants.'
Yet he already finds himself part of a Hollywood power couple, romantically linked with American singer Gracie Abrams, 24, who was one of the opening acts on singer Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. The couple dined recently at Brat, a Michelin-starred restaurant in London's Shoreditch. He longs to correct all the gossip, but admits: 'I don't think that's a very wise thing to do. But the temptation still exists, to be like, 'Shut the f*** up. This is my life. This is what's going on. Or this is what's not going on.' '
'I remember growing up being anxious about the financial state of my family,' he has confessed. Nor was he a teen heart- throb at school. 'You're going through puberty, spotty,' he recalls. 'I felt my hands were too big for my body.' 'That sent shivers up my spine,' he's said. 'I don't think that's true of the projects that I've done, but I don't like that trajectory.'
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