No, neither Maximus Decimus Meridius nor the actor who played him, Russell Crowe, will be present in ‘Gladiator 2′. The Roman general condemned to slavery defeated Commodus in the sands of the ...

In the first Gladiator film ... In the first film, we briefly meet Lucilla’s young son, Lucius. The sequel places the now-grown up Lucius, played by Mescal, front and centre.

Lucius was the son of Lucilla, an Empress played by Connie Nielsen, who returns for "Gladiator II." In that first film, we were told Lucius' father, Lucius Verus, was dead (more on that in a ...