Director Ridley Scott declared during the American premiere of “Gladiator 2”, Monday, November 18 in Los Angeles, that he believed a third part would see the light of day. A draft script is already on the table.
A third opus on track. Director Ridley Scott assured Monday evening during the American premiere of “Gladiator 2” that this new epic starring Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington will logically have a sequel.
“Given the performances in the rest of the world since yesterday, there will for sure be a ‘Gladiator 3’,” said the 86-year-old director. “Because it also becomes financial, it would be crazy not to consider a third version,” continued the pragmatic filmmaker.
The film, already released in several countries, including France where it has recorded more than a million admissions since November 13, arrives this Friday in the United States.
A start of the scenario for “Gladiator 3”
Everything has been thought of so that a third part can see the light of day, the filmmaker also explained, noting that the scenario for the second part was “planned to leave a lot of room for the possibility of a sequel”.
A sequel which, according to its main actor, Paul Mescal, already has a draft script, as he told journalists this Monday. “The last time I talked to Ridley Scott, he had nine pages. Yesterday, he said he was 14,” explained the actor, who plays on screen the role of Lucius, son of Maximus, gladiator in the first film played by Russell Crowe, in the first part, released in 2000 .
The 28-year-old Irish actor also said he was ready to return, revealing in passing that this sequel could take a new direction, which would not “simply bring him back into the arena as we have seen it” so far. there. “I would be delighted if it went into a more political sphere,” with Lucius thrown into the pit of court intrigues that he would seek to escape, like Michael Corleone in ‘The Godfather,’” he added.
As a reminder, “Gladiator 2” is released twenty-four years after the first feature film which received the Oscar for best film and won the Oscar for best actor for Russell Crowe at the time.
