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#paul-mescal

Russell Crowe has said that the makers of Gladiator II did not understand what made that first one special. In interview excerpts posted on social media by Australian radio station Triple J, Crowe said that the Gladiator sequel, which starred Paul Mescal and was released in 2024, was let down by the people in that engine room not actually understanding what made that first one special.

Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor cannot do an interview together for their new film, The History of Sound, without cracking each other up. It's an affliction with no cure. Director Oliver Hermanus called them out after the film's premiere at Cannes. "It was a really strong bond," he said of his leading men, "and they were naughty." That naughtiness has not subsided - they laugh at each other's voices, their postures, their anecdotes.