Twenty-four years on from the epic that is Gladiator, comes a sequel we've all wanted but never thought we'd get. Gladiator II is just over a month away, and ahead of the films release Paramount Pictures have released a new featurette, "Making of an Epic".
By Elliot Lines - October 8, 2024
"Making of an Epic" features many of the main cast including Paul Mescal, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington and of course legendary director Ridley Scott, who is returning to Rome to direct this sequel, speaking in this featurette "It's an excitement coming back to the Roman Empire" - Scott says. Each star gives powerful statements, with Pascal saying "It's grand in scope, with sophisticated characters and storytelling, it's all the things that fill in the work epic". Connie Nielsen reprises her role from Gladiator and says "To walk out into that arena for a second time was pretty amazing".
The featurette shows the grand scale that Ridley Scott is working on, with Scott himself stating "This is real, there's nothing like having the real thing". The sets look absolutely phenomenal across the featurette and one can only imagine that'll resonate in the film itself.
Gladiator II looks like from the recent trailer and this featurette, that it could be a knockout. Denzel Washington, one of the biggest stars in Hollywood states "This is one of the biggest films I've been on, it's huge". Paul Mescal labels the feeling of being on set as "Epic". All this gets me extremely excited for what's to come in just just over a months time.
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