Rupert Everett reveals he asked Ridley Scott for role in Gladiator 2 but ‘nothing happened’

Rupert Everett has revealed he asked Ridley Scott for a role in the forthcoming Gladiator II film but it never materialised.

While Scott did not choose to cast Everett in the film, Scott has gathered a star-studded cast for the forthcoming follow-up film, which sees Normal People actor Paul Mescal playing the protagonist Lucius, the son of Connie Nielsen’s Lucilla and nephew of Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix.

Everett said in a new interview that after he worked on Ridley Scott’s 2023 film, the actor phoned the director about his highly anticipated sequel to 2000’s Gladiator.