‘Gladiator II’ Star Paul Mescal Says There’s “A Beast” Within Onscreen Antagonist Pedro Pascal
deadline.comAnyone looking to pick a fight with Gladiator II‘s Pedro Pascal may want to think again, according to his co-star Paul Mescal, who speaks about the actor’s physical prowess in a new interview with Empire. “I think I’d win in a fight between me and Pedro, but he’s deceptive,” said Mescal. “Pedro is one of the funniest men that I know, but he could f**k s**t up.
Like, absolutely categorically. There’s a beast in there for sure.” Mescal’s comments echo those of Pascal, who in an earlier interview with Vanity Fair, said he came to refer to his co-star as “Brick Wall Paul.” “He got so strong,” said the actor. “I would rather be thrown from a building than have to fight him again.
To go up against somebody that fit and that talented and that much younger….” Empire’s cover story on Paramount’s Gladiator II also features filmmaker Ridley Scott, who called the film “full-bore, brutal action” and “the best thing I’ve ever made.” Mescal’s comments on the film weren’t his first, as he previously looked to manifest a new version of Barbenheimer between Gladiator II and Wicked, both of which open on November 22.
Said Mescal in conversation with Entertainment Tonight: “Wickdiator doesn’t really roll off the tongue does it? I think my preference would probably be Glicked if it has a similar effect to what it did for Barbie and Oppenheimer.
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