Paul Mescal starring intensely as Lucius in Gladiator 2
Ridley Scott’s recent comments about where a possible Gladiator 3 could go may have spoiled the ending of the highly anticipated Gladiator 2 two months before its release. A sequel to Gladiator has been in development since the blockbuster success of the original film back in 2000, but it’s taken over two decades for a follow-up movie to come together.
But based on Scott’s comments about a possible Gladiator 3, it seems as though Gladiator 2 will have a very different ending than the original movie. The director said that the ending of Gladiator 2 is similar to the ending of The Godfather, in which Michael Corleone finds himself with “a job he didn’t want,” wondering what to do with himself in this new position of power. Scott teased that Gladiator 3 would then follow “a man who doesn’t want to be where he is.
Having Lucius die triumphantly in combat while avenging the people he lost would’ve been a serviceable ending, but it would’ve felt like a rehash of Maximus’ story. Forcing Lucius to accept his destiny and reluctantly take on this responsibility is much more poetic. Lucius has to take on the very thing he ran away from.
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