However, his return to the franchise left much to be desired.
The outcome of Lucilla’s rebellion is driven by other characters.
Gracchus is among those captured and thrown into the arena, yet he is unceremoniously killed off.
According toBritannica, Gaius Gracchus was a reformist politician whose brother was murdered in a political riot.
Nevertheless, Gracchus received plenty of criticism from his political opponents for his ideas and acts of protest.
In the end, despite being an important ally of Lucilla, Gracchus hardly affects the sequel’s story.
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.
