| UPDATED: 10:32, Wed, Mar 17, 2021 Link copied Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top Royal stories again. SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. For the last few years, there have been rumours of a Gladiator 2 being in the works. Russell Crowe’s Maximus may have perished in the original movie two decades ago, but a follow-up is expected to be focused on a grown-up Lucius, the young son of Lucilla and grandson of Maximus Aurelius. And now Justice League’s Queen Hippolyta star Connie Nielsen, who played Lucilla in Gladiator opposite Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix’s Commodus, has given an exciting update on the planned sequel from Sir Ridley Scott.