Ridley Scott’s long-awaited Gladiator sequel has gotten an enormous increase of star energy with the information that Denzel Washington is in talks to co-star in the movie.
Washington was not part of the unique Gladiator, the 2000 historic epic that turned the Academy Award winner for Best Picture that 12 months. He has labored with Scott earlier than; he starred in his 2007 movie, American Gangster (which co-starred authentic Gladiator actor Russell Crowe). And Washington had an excellent longer relationship with Ridley Scott’s brother, the late Tony Scott, with whom he made quite a few thrillers, together with Crimson Tide, Man on Fire, and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.
According to Deadline, Washington is in “final negotiations” for a starring position in the movie. They didn’t disclose who he’ll play. They write that “after reading the script, sources close to the project said [Washington] was excited about the bad-ass role Scott had written with him in mind.” They additionally declare Washington would play the “other major role” in the movie alongside Paul Mescal, who’s starring in the sequel as a personality who had been a boy in the primary film.
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Scott and others have spent a lot of the final 20 years on and off attempting to get a Gladiator sequel off the bottom. Some of the proposed ideas for Gladiator 2 concerned actually resurrecting Russell Crowe’s Maximus and turning the sequence into extra of a fantasy epic. Others centered on Lucius, the younger son of Connie Nielsen’s Lucilla, who idolized Crowe’s gladiator character in the unique film. This model will reportedly concentrate on Lucius, performed by Mescal. At current, Crowe just isn’t anticipated to return for the sequel.
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