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The Wild Real Life History of Denzel Washington's Gladiator II Character, Macrinus

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Denzel Washington flexes his action chops as a powerful Roman arms dealer in the highly-anticipated
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  • Macrinus, Washington's character, was the first Roman emperor not from the senatorial class, and he never even visited Rome during his reign.
  • Paul Mescal, who plays the gladiator Lucius, got so jacked for his role that co-star Pedro Pascal likened fighting him to
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Denzel Washington, Macrinus, Lucius Verus, Maximus, Marcus Acacius, Caracalla, Geta, Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Paramount, Gladiator II
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