The Two Actors Who Almost Played Gladiator 2's Lucius Before Paul Mescal

Image from SlashFilm

• Hollywood heavyweights Tom Holland and Miles Teller were in the running to play Lucius, son of the late Emperor Commodus, in Ridley Scott's Gladiator II.
• Sources say the studios were eyeing both rising stars, but director Ridley Scott ultimately went with relative newcomer Paul Mescal, whose breakout performance in Normal People sealed the deal.