Foremost among them is Lucius Verus, a warrior in Numidia who’s taken prisoner and forced to fight as a gladiator. He’s the ...

Rome teeters on the brink in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II.” Its fall is said to be imminent. The dream it once symbolized is ...

In Gladiator II, directed by Ridley Scott, Paul portrays Lucius Verus, the son of Lucilla, in a powerful role alongside an ...

Rome teeters on the brink in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II.” Its fall is said to be imminent. The dream it once symbolized is ...

Decades after Gladiator swept the Oscars, Ridley Scott is back with the highly anticipated Gladiator II, proving there's no ...

Rome teeters on the brink in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II.” Its fall is said to be imminent. The dream it once symbolized is ...

Gladiator 2 director Ridley Scott has responded to Barry Keoghan's exit from the film, after he had to drop out due to ...

From the very beginning, it is evident the sequel's entire existence relies on Gladiator nostalgia — from the recap-esque ...

It's a solid piece of neoclassical popcorn, with Paul Mescal as a pensive avenger, but it's ultimately a mere shadow of ...

Set 20 years after the events of the original Gladiator, the film introduces a new gladiator, Lucius Verus (Paul Mescal), a ...

Take, for example, Lucius Verus (Paul Mescal), the besandaled swordsman at the center of Ridley Scott's latest macho epic, ...

Gladiator II, starring Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington, is a sequel that's best when it tells its own story instead of ...