Paul Mescal leads the Gladiator 2 cast as Lucius, a grown-up version of a character we saw as a boy in the first film, but some have wondered why the movie didn’t simply bring back the actor who ...

Since Lucius was a kid in the first "Gladiator," and ... Read more: /Film's Top 100 Movies Of All Time When "Gladiator II" begins, we see Mescal's character as a warrior fighting off Roman ...

One of the main criticisms of Gladiator II was that Lucius was far less interesting than Maximus, and having Fortuna in the actual movie could’ve helped a lot in that regard. She is quick to ...