Barry Keoghan and Denzel Washington join Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2”.

Although it took years to start production on the sequel, Ridley Scott started looking for the cast of ‘Gladiator 2’. After adding Paul Mescal as the main protagonist of the plot, the acclaimed British filmmaker has added to the cast two major stars who have won critical and commercial acclaim, Barry Keoghan and Denzel Washington.

First, Gian Freakin Robot reported it Barry Keoghan will join the cast of ‘gladiator 2’ as the villain of the story. Keoghan was recently nominated at the 2023 Oscars for ‘Spirits of the Island’, but is world famous for being the new Joker from ‘The Batman’ and for bringing Druig to life in ‘Eternals’, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe .

On the other hand, Deadline has revealed it Denzel Washington joins Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2”., although no details were given about her character or how important she will be to the plot. But this confirms that his signing is the most relevant so far, since he is said to have read the script, talked to the director and was delighted with what will be told in the sequel.

Denzel Washington and Ridley Scott will meet ‘gladiator 2’, after collaborating several years ago in ‘American Gangster’. On Barry Keoghan’s part, there are rumors that his version of the villain could be a lot darker and darker than Joaquin Phoenix’s Emperor Commodus, and considering he’s one of the most promising young actors in the business today, there’s no room for either. of the two doubts.

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What is known so far about “Gladiator 2” by Ridley Scott

For now, nothing indicates that Russel Crowe, who brought Máximo Décimo Meridio to life in the first part, will return to his character for “Gladiator 2”. Although it is not excluded that he appears in a flashback or a cameo during the film, played by Paul Mescal, who we saw recently in the Oscar nominated ‘Aftersun’.

After several years of preparing the script, Ridley Scott now faces one of his greatest cinematic challenges, “Gladiator 2”, which will focus on Lucius, the illegitimate son of Máximo, and who has the mission to know everything he has made his father. There are currently no official plot details, but fans are expecting it to live up to one of the director’s best films.

Though Ridley Scott released two movies in the same year, such as ‘House of Gucci’ and ‘The Last Duel’, now he is working again on two projects in parallel, ‘Gladiator 2’ which has an expected release date of November of 2024 and ‘Napoleon’, another period story starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby which will premiere this year on Apple TV +.