Evidently,Gladiator II’s storydraws several parallels to its predecessor.
InGladiator II, Lucius is shown as being removed from Rome entirely.
Overall, this story is very different from that of the real Lucius Verus II.
Paul Mescal’s character in the highly anticipated Gladiator 2 film is a real historical figure.
But, the circumstances of his life are much different.
Lucius Verus II actually died when he was very young.
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InGladiator II, another major historical change to Lucius' character is implemented.
However,Gladiator IIretcons this, revealing that Maximus was Lucius' father.
In the film series, Lucilla is shown as an object of her brother Commodus' desires.
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.
In reality, Lucilla played less of an active role in Commodus' court.
This made Lucilla an instrumental figure in the Roman Empire, even becoming empress during Lucius' reign.
The former is played by Joseph Quinn inGladiator IIand is based on the real Emperor of the same name.
Geta and Caracalla had an interesting relationship in real history as the servants of their father, Septimius Severus.
Eventually, Geta was killed by Caracalla in a power move.
Gladiator II’s Geta is similar in that he and his brother rule Rome together during the story.
Macrinus is played byDenzel Washington inGladiator IIand is the orchestrator of the film’s story.
Macrinus is someone who holds a great deal of political influence over the co-Emperors, Geta and Caracalla.
Macrinus owns a stable of gladiators and acts somewhat of a mentor to Lucius.
From the beginning, Macrinus makes it clear that he intends to use Lucius as an instrument.
Here’s why and what he’s said.
In real history, Macrinus was the successor of Caracalla as the Emperor of Rome.
Eventually, Macrinus took power for himself by orchestrating the murder of Caracalla.
Eventually,Macrinus declared himself Emperor and was backed by the Roman army.
