The Normal People actor plays Lucius, the youngest son of Lucilla, played by Connie Nielsen in the 2000 movie.
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The images from the long-awaited sequel to Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott, reveal a star-studded cast, including Denzel Washington, Fred Hechinger, Joseph Quinn and Pedro Pascal.
Talking to Vanity Fair, Mescal: “My nose just is kind of Roman. So, it’s useful in this context.
“The nose that I absolutely hated when I was in secondary school – and used to get ribbed for – became very, very useful when Ridley needed somebody to be in Gladiator II.”
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In the Vanity Fair interview, Scott admitted that it was the TV show Normal People that Mescal on his radar.
“When I watch anything, I tend to be clocking who’s interesting. It’s just in my DNA,” Scott told Vanity Fair.
“And so, watching a TV show that’s not really my kind of TV show almost four years ago, I said, ‘Who’s this guy?’”
After the pair had met over Zoom, Scott knew that Mescal would be perfect for the role.
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