Paul Mescal

Paul Mescal is in talks to star in the 'Gladiator' sequel with Ridley Scott, playing the role of an adult Lucius.

[who stars in the 2023 Hollywood Portfolio](https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/gallery/hollywood-portfolio-2023), and is currently completing a run as Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire at The Almeida – it will mark his first time taking on a role that is as much about action as emotion, but he’s not afraid of brutal physical training. Trading [Connell’s chain](https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/normal-people-connell-waldron-chain) for a Roman medallion in the lead role? There’s enough components from the first one to pick up the ball and continue it.” The Oscar winner has another major period drama to release first, however – having reteamed with Phoenix for his [forthcoming Napoleon biopic](https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/ridley-scott-napoleon-movie), which co-stars Vanessa Kirby as Bonaparte’s wife, Joséphine, and is due out on AppleTV+ imminently. [Oscars](https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/oscars) – is officially confirmed to direct a sequel to the blockbuster in the near future. Normal People’s Paul Mescal, who’s expected to receive a string of nominations for his recent appearance in Charlotte Wells’s revelatory debut film [Aftersun](https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/aftersun-charlotte-wells-interview). [Deadline](https://deadline.com/2021/11/ridley-scott-house-of-gucci-lady-gaga-adam-driver-the-last-duel-oscar-season-1234872529/) that the script had “already been written”.

Many publications have confirmed that the 'Normal People' actor is in final negotiations to star in the epic sequel to Ridley Scott's Academy Award-winning 2000 ...

Scott will direct and produce the film, with David Scarpa writing the screenplay. The outlet has reported that Mescals was "clearly Scott's top choice. According to Deadline, the sequel will take place years after the first film, with Lucius having grown up.

It just seems there is no stopping Paul Mescal, not even heartbreak, as it's been reported the actor has signed up for Ridley Scott's Gladiator sequel.

On a more serious note, the director of the first film, Ridley, confirmed to Deadline back in 2021 that a script had been written. Paul in a sleeveless leather amour? The 26-year-old actor has been on a steady rise to fame since starring in the Sally Rooney novel adaptation of Normal People, a series that people across the world binge-watched during the Covid-19 lockdowns.

Paul Mescal, who is in buzz Oscar buzz for his work as a troubled father in 'Aftersun', will be seen in much-awaited Gladiator sequel. Read on!

[Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/user/Koimoi4Bollywood) Paramount will produce the Gladiator sequel. He will produce the picture, along with Scott Free President Michael Pruss and Red Wagon Entertainment’s Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher.

Filmmaker Ridley Scott is making progress on the sequel to his multiple Academy Award-winning film Gladiator (2000), and the latest buzz is that Paul Mescal ...

He will also be seen in Andrew Haigh’s Strangers, which stars Andrew Scott and Claire Foy. Gladiator 2 will be produced by Scott along with Scott Free President Michael Pruss and Red Wagon Entertainment’s Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher. Mannix’s 1958 book Those About to Die, is a historical fiction about the revenge of a former Hispano-Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius, whose family gets murdered by the sly emperor Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix).

Paul Mescal is best known for Normal People and the critically acclaimed drama Aftersun. Gladiator sequel is to be a Paramount film.

Crowe portrayed Maximus, a Roman general turned gladiator who exacted revenge on those responsible for the deaths of his children and wife. In Andrew Haigh's Strangers, which also stars Andrew Scott and Claire Foy, he will be seen. [Russell Crowe](https://opoyi.com/entertainment/did-russell-crowe-just-show-interest-in-working-with-kangana-ranaut-546717/)'s career took off after Gladiator.

Paul Mescal is set to star in the long-awaited Gladiator sequel from director Ridley Scott, which will continue the story of the 2000 historical epic that ...

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Normal People” and the “Aftersun” breakout star Paul Mescal was tagged to step into the arena for Ridley's Scott “Gladiator 2.” Ridley Scott is slated to ...

[RUSSELL CROWE TALKS GUILT OVER 2001 BEST ACTOR WIN AT THE OSCARS FOR ‘GLADIATOR’](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/russell-crowe-talks-guilt-over-2001-best-actor-win-oscars-gladiator) "I watched that movie, and it is a director's film. [CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER](https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl) David Scarpa penned the screenplay. [Universal, DreamWorks](https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/celebrity-news) will not be involved in "Gladiator 2." [2000’s film "Gladiator"](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment) premiered, the highly anticipated sequel is making a return for part 2.

It seems Paul Mescal's career is continuing to skyrocket as he's reportedly been cast in one of the most highly-anticipated sequels ever.

[Inside the ‘gladiator’ Love Island villa worth £1,200,000 kitted out with Olympic pool and rugby pitch in South Africa](https://metro.co.uk/2022/12/29/love-island-2023-villa-for-south-africa-series-revealed-18008610/?ico=more_text_links) [Gladiator 2 starts shooting ‘this year’ and Ridley Scott is already ‘on the hunt’ for lead actors](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/06/gladiator-2-starts-shooting-this-year-and-ridley-scott-is-casting-18052604/?ico=more_text_links) [Deadline,](https://deadline.com/2023/01/gladiator-2-star-paul-mescal-ridley-scott-paramount-1235212512/) Paul is currently in negotiations to lead the blockbuster sequel after he became a favourite of Sir Ridley’s following a meeting in November. [ landed the leading role](https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/13/gladiator-2-will-25-30-years-events-first-one-9932022/) in the sequel to Ridley Scott’s Gladiator. [Paul Mescal](https://metro.co.uk/tag/paul-mescal/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK1)’s career is continuing to skyrocket as he’s reportedly been cast in one of the [most highly-anticipated sequels](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/06/gladiator-2-starts-shooting-this-year-and-ridley-scott-is-casting-18052604/) of recent memory. [Normal People](https://metro.co.uk/tag/normal-people/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P2_LNK1) star shot to fame in 2020 [alongside Daisy Edgar Jones](https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/16/normal-peoples-daisy-edgar-jones-reflects-on-finding-fame-in-lockdow-17012191/) as viewers fell in love with their portrayal of Irish author Sally Rooney’s characters as her novel was adapted for TV by the BBC.