Paul Mescal reveals that he won his ‘Gladiator II’ role after a single Zoom call with Ridley Scott

Paul Mescal is receiving wide acclaim for his capacity successful Gladiator II, but nan mobility of whether he was nan correct personification to anchor a long-awaited sequel was apparently not connected head Ridley Scott’s mind. During a caller question and reply on The Graham Norton Show, Mescal revealed that he was formed successful nan blockbuster pursuing a azygous Zoom call.

 “Ridley does not discarded time,” Mescal explained per Deadline. “I thought location would beryllium camera tests and auditions, but we Zoomed for half an hour, said for 10 mins astir nan portion and past 20 minutes astir Gaelic football, his canine and his wife.”

“I thought location would beryllium more, but he called a fewer weeks later to connection maine nan part,” the Normal People actor continued. “I deliberation he conscionable goes by instinct, connected group and off, and I’m very gladsome that’s nan measurement it went.”

Following his domiciled arsenic 1 of nan leads of Normal People, Mescal has knowledgeable a accelerated ascent to nan tallness of movie stardom. He received an Oscar information for his capacity successful nan widely-acclaimed Aftersun and has besides starred successful respective different acclaimed independent features.

Mescal co-stars successful the Gladiator sequel pinch Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, and Connie Nielsen. He plays Lucius, nan boy of Russell Crowe’s characteristic from nan original film. The first activity of reactions to Gladiator II were overwhelmingly positive. With a small little than a period to spell until nan film’s release, nan only mobility near is whether nan movie will unrecorded up to nan precocious modular group by its predecessor.