They have a surprise request for Lucilla: that she become their mother.
She suddenly breaks down, overcome by grief.
Fortuna was apparently intended to be a love interest for the central hero ofGladiator II.
On this basis, hes assumed to be of North-African descent, but Fortuna suspects otherwise.
Acacius has been killed in Romes Colosseum, by the Praetorian Guard on the orders ofEmperors Geta and Caracalla.
General Acacius is the only main character in the movie who has no historical basis.
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When Thraex leaked the plot to Macrinus, there could only be one outcome, unfortunately for Acacius.
A former slave from India, he empathizes deeply with others enslaved by Rome.
Macrinus responds that Geta is unwell.
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.
The final version ofGladiator IIis better off without it.
