PAUL MESCAL TO LEAD RIDLEY SCOTT'S GLADIATOR EPIC MOVIE SEQUEL AS THE GROWN UP LUCIUS!

Paul Mescal is the new Lucius!

Last few days the word circling around Hollywood was that Ridley Scott is ready with the script for GLADIATOR sequel which would not star Russell Crowe but some younger actor and today it has been revealed that Paul Mescal is to take the lead role! 23 years after the original movie, the sequel will see Mescal playing an adult Lucius – son of Connie Nielsen's Lucilla – who appeared as a young boy in the first film when Maximus saved him and his mother from his evil imperial uncle Commodus! Lucius will now enter the arena himself becoming a gladiator too and fighting his own battles. Costume designer Janty Yates and production designer Arthur Max also return from the original crew. David Scarpa wrote the script.