Ridley Scott is 86 years old as of when this article was being written, but someone has forgotten to tell him to rest. Instead, the legendary filmmaker is churning up movies nearly every year with his recent film, (Or if you are a stickler for Roman numerals). The trailer of the film dropped on July 9, and it looks epic in every sense, with Scott going much bigger in terms of production values and cast to create that epic feel.
. For the unaware, is the sequel to the 2000 movie , also directed by Ridley Scott. The movie is most remembered for lead actor Russell Crowe's Oscar-winning performance, epic gladiatorial fight scenes, Joaquin Phoenix's breakout performance as the smarmy Commodus and Harry Gregson-Williams's beautiful theme song.
For the sequel, Paul Mescal plays the lead in . The movie also stars Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Quinn, May Calamawy, Derek Jacobi, and Denzel Washington. Connie Nielsen and Derek Jacobi are the cast members from the first film who return for the sequel.
In a way, yes. The narrative of is set after the events of the 2000 film, with a couple of characters connecting both movies. Connie Nielsen's Lucilla, who is the mother of the protagonist Lucius (Paul Mescal), played a crucial role in the first film, where she was the sister of the antagonist Commodus, who had incestuous feelings for his sister, and the daughter of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris).
Lucius himself appeared in the 2000 film, albeit as a child, played by Spence.
