Returning to the height of the Roman Empire, Ridley Scott’s sequel “Gladiator II” is another blockbuster with a cast full of ...

In ‘Gladiator II,’ the lead makeup artist shared the specific Amazon products used on actors Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, ...

In ‘Gladiator II,’ the lead makeup artist shared the specific Amazon products used on actors Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, ...

Pedro Pascal is gearing up for the release of "Gladiator ... the set of his Roman epic. It's easy to think of the Chilean-born Pascal as a Hollywood fixture. While his face now pervades ...

Gladiator and Gladiator 2's line of Roman Emperors is reflective of true life and highlights the divide between nobility and ...

Her work previously appeared in Newsweek. AP; Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty As the Gladiator II cast gears up to introduce — and reintroduce — their characters to the world on screen ...

But I'm most interested in how the two films misrepresent the way Roman gladiators and their bodies were viewed by their republic-minded contemporaries. Advertisement In the films, the brawny ...

Throughout the film, they spend their reign carousing and watching gladiator fights in the Colosseum. Then Caracalla turns on his brother, murdering him, and parading his head around the Roman Senate.

Social media is thinking about the Roman Empire again—specifically, the fine cast of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s sequel to his Best Picture-winning 2000 film, which is in theaters now.

But I’m most interested in how the two films misrepresent the way Roman gladiators and their bodies were viewed by their republic-minded contemporaries. In the films, the brawny biceps of ...

Others were vagrants. Generally, gladiators were “on the outside of Roman society,” according to Beard. It is also true the Colosseum was flooded periodically to recreate famous naval battles ...