Denzel Washington's Gladiator 2 Role Sounds Much Bigger Than We Realized

Luckily, it looks like Denzel Washington may be inGladiator IImore than the marketing is letting on.

Is Denzel Washington The Main Villain Of Gladiator 2?

Or Is It Pedro Pascal?

However,Denzel Washington’s Macrinus has all the makings of a twist villain.

While Proximo was the well-intentioned mentor ofRussell Crowe’s Maximusin the original movie,Macrinus seems less pure.

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Gladiator 2 is the follow-up to Ridley Scott’s award-winning film Gladiator from 2000. Scott returns to direct the sequel, with Paul Mescal staring as Lucius, alongside Denzel Washington and Joseph Quinn as the villain Emperor Geta. Gladiator 2 had been stuck in development hell for years before a script written by David Scarpa finally moved forward.