On hold for months, the shooting of Gladiator 2 will finally resume after the actors’ strike ends. Indeed, within weeks of signing the contract between the writers and producers, the SAG-AFTRA union managed to successfully close negotiations.
Therefore, Ridley Scott will be able to return to work with his actors to make a sequel to his great classic, Gladiator. questioned He is a YorkerThe filmmaker provided some information about the rest of the shooting period.
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Baboons vs. Lucius!
Ridley Scott especially mentioned the rather funny fight scene. Indeed, Lucius, the hero of the feature film, played by Paul Mescall, has to meet a herd of baboons in the film! The director envisioned the sequence after discovering a video of these primates attacking a group of tourists in Johannesburg, South Africa.
“Baboons are predators. Can you hang from this roof for two hours with your left foot? No! A baboon can.”he explained.
In Gladiator 2, Paul Mescal portrays Lucius, the son of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and the nephew of Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix in the first film. Ridley Scott also revealed that Lucius was the offspring of a union between Lucilla and Maximus, the hero played by Russell Crowe.
Son of Maximus as the new gladiator!
“One day we thought about the problem again and came up with a very obvious idea: there is a survivor at the end of the first movie. And that survivor is the child of the union between Lucilla and Maximus!”, the director revealed. Connie Nielsen will reprise her role as Lucilla, Commodus’ sister and Maximus’ former mistress.
The legendary Denzel Washington and The Last of Us star Pedro Pascal will also be there. Joseph Quinn, who was revealed thanks to his role as Eddie Manson in Stranger Things, also joined the adventure of Gladiator 2.
The actor would be hired to play the big bad, Emperor Caracalla. 84-year-old Derek Jacobi will return to the Gracchus suit 24 years after the first part. There are reports that Djimon Hounsou may also return to Juba.
Gladiator 2 will hit theaters on November 20, 2024. Meanwhile, Ridley Scott will present Napoleon in theaters on November 22.
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