A new trailer for the long awaited Gladiator 2 has dropped, and a huge connection to the first film has been made. It was one of the defining films of the 2000s, as Gladiator (2000), starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix and Connie Nielsen among others, set a precedent for historical titles.

Paul Mescal, who plays a grown-up Lucius in the sequel, shares his reaction to the twist: "Holy s---." Like father, like son. The new Gladiator II trailer just dropped online, and with it comes a major reveal: Lucius (Paul Mescal) is,

After a Gladiator 2 trailer dropped a major reveal about Lucius relationship to Maximus, actor Paul Mescal now explains this surprise development.