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Total Film’s Gladiator II issue is ready to unleash hell! Director Ridley Scott is returning to the Colosseum some 24 years after his history-making swords and sandals epic for a sequel about the next generation of Roman power players. Inside the new issue, Scott and his cast – including stars Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and Joseph Quinn – tell us about Scott’s unparalleled world-building, how they’re upping the animal action, and how Mescal’s Lucius is following in the legendary footsteps of Maximus Decimus Meridius.

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