Paul Mescal Talks About Going From Watching ‘Gladiator’ With His family to Being in ‘Gladiator II’ [VIDEO]
At a recent Gladiator II press conference for Golden Globe and Critics Choice members, I asked Paul Mescal about the experience of watching the original Gladiator with his father and now his father seeing him in Gladiator II.
It strikes an emotional chord as he continues to be surprised at the trajectory his career has taken, and so quickly. “And the fact that, not just my father, but the fact that my family were at a royal premiere on Wednesday and their son is leading the film isn’t lost on me,” he says.
Watch the FULL Gladiator II press conference with Mescal, Sir Ridley Scott, Connie Nielsen and Denzel Washington below.
Gladiator II is currently in theaters internationally and opens in the U.S. on November 22.
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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