Paramount Pictures unveiled gory first-look footage from 'Gladiator 2', and gave fans a look at Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington's characters in the upcoming historical drama. The film set 20 years after the events of 'Gladiator', sees Mescal portraying gladiator Lucius, the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix's villainous emperor, who was seen briefly as a child in the original film.