The film stars Kildare actor Paul Mescal, playing the character Lucius alongside co-star and two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington. Sir Ridley's first film in 2000, which starred Russell Crowe as soldier-turned-gladiator Maximus, won five Oscars including best actor and best picture.

The Paul Mescal lookalike contest is sadly an indictment of every Irish lad I’ve met who claims that Paul Mescal looks like every lad in Ireland,’ one person wrote on X

A Paul Mescal lookalike competition was held Thursday in Smithfield near the Lighthouse cinema and crowned its winner shortly before 2 in the afternoon. Video by: Hannah Daygo

After a successful Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest in New York, a Paul Mescal look-alike contest was held in Dublin, Ireland ahead of the Gladiator II screening.

Two weeks ago, dozens of fake Timothée Chalamets (and one real one) took to the streets of Manhattan to find the Timothée Chalametiest Timothée Chalamet of all. (Spoiler alert: it wasn’t the real one.) Today, at least six fake Paul Mescals (and no ...

Unfortunately, the real Paul Mescal didn’t show up to the competition. Overall competition winner Jack Wall O’Reilly said he thinks he was “organically” put over the edge to win. “I think I won the genetic Paul Mescal lottery,” the Clare man said.