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What to Know About Denzel Washington’s Gladiator II Character

One of the most intriguing characters in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, the sequel to Gladiator (2000) out Nov. 22, is Macrinus, a Black businessman raising an army of gladiators, played by Denzel Washington. “To amuse you is my only wish,” Macrinus says early on in the film to the joint emperors Caracalla and Geta, played by Fred Hechinger and Joseph Quinn, respectively. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] In the movie, Macrinus buys Lucius (Paul Mescal), who was brought to Rome from a conquered city-state, not realizing that Lucius is the illegitimate grandson of the great Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.

 

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