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Golden State Warriors guard Buddy Hield was left unimpressed by the Colosseum. Why? Because he found out that the Maximus character from Ridley Scott's ...
Besides Denzel Washington in an undisclosed role, an ensemble cast is expected to return to Ryan Coogler's Black Panther 3.
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In "Gladiator II," Denzel Washington plays Macrinus, the namesake of a historical emperor with a thrilling story.
Ridley Scott weaponizes the once-in-a-lifetime theatrical talents of Denzel Washington to organize the Shakespearean downfall of Ancient Rome .
And it’s the memory of both of these super-charming villains that spring to mind when Macrinus struts onto the scene in Gladiator II.
The film casts her in a prominent role though, inconveniently, in real life she had been executed around AD181 or 182 - nearly two decades before the events of Gladiator II. The portrayal of Macrinus ...
Denzel Washington, who steals the show in "Gladiator II" with his depiction of Macrinus, a gladiator-turned-arms and slave trader with political aspirations, has always been at his best when he ...
Ridley Scott compared one of the characters in "Gladiator II" to Donald Trump. The director said that Denzel Washington's character is "very close to Trump." Washington plays the scheming Macrinus ...
In ‘Gladiator II,’ Ridley Scott Sifts Through the Past to See Our Future "The filmmaker stares down the world as it rolls forward, a chariot holding all we could be," writes Richard Newby in ...
Macrinus manipulates the emperors at every turn to stay in their good graces. Emperor Geta (Joseph Quinn) and Emperor Caracalla (Fred Hechinger) are overindulgent and underqualified fools.