Fans are buzzing after a recent Entertainment Weekly cover interview featuring the heartthrob stars of Gladiator II, Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal . Mescal shared an unexpected story about filming an improvised kiss between their characters, Lucius (played by Mescal) and General Marcus Acacius (played by Pascal), who are rivals. Can’t really blame the man for trying, we’d all do the same! putting the two most roman looking mfs in the cast posing next to roman busts is god tier marketing https://t.
co/ipwWS7yrcI — jess | 🦥 (@jess_boob) October 22, 2024 As anticipation builds and every girl, gay and they lines up for the highly awaited Gladiator sequel, the film’s press tour is already sparking excitement. Gladiator II , inspired by it’s predecessor, is a tale of bloody vengeance and human survival and features a lot of hot, sweaty and possibly shirtless Roman gladiators. Paul Mescal on the ‘improvised kiss’ Mescal, who couldn’t be anything less charming, recalled an improvised kiss during a fight scene rehearsal with Pascal.
“There was a moment when we were rehearsing my fight scene with Pedro, and I had an idea towards the end of the scene to kiss Pedro on the forehead,” Mescal shared. “I did it in one of the takes, and then we’re getting the radio messages back to Ridley [Scott] . I asked him, ‘Ridley, Kiss on the forehead, did you like it? Yay or nay?’ There was radio silence for a second.
His radio crackles back, and [Ridley] goes, ‘I’m afr.