Warning! This article contains spoilers for Gladiator 2. Gladiator 2 centers on Lucius Verus, with many wondering if he becomes Emperor of Rome in the film and if this was true in real life too.

Joseph Quinn plays Emperor Geta while Fred Hechinger plays Emperor Caracalla in Gladiator II, a pair of pretty loathsome ruling-class elites who seem to have nothing better to do than stage wars ...

Gladiator 2's twin emperors were inspired by Beavis and Butt-Head. Directed once again by Ridley Scott, this time with a script written by David Scarpa, the upcoming sequel follows an adult Lucius ...

Now in theaters, Ridley Scott’s follow-up to his 2000 epic “Gladiator” follows Lucius (Paul Mescal), the son of Russell Crowe’s warrior Maximus, during the reign of twin emperors Geta ...

Ridley Scott’s original film featured two Roman emperors, one good (Marcus Aurelius) and one very bad (Commodus); likewise, Gladiator II also features a pair of real-life emperors, only this ...

Russell Crowe as Maximus in 'Gladiator' (2000). Ridley Scott’s 2000 film Gladiator was a sensational tale of honor and betrayal in the ancient Roman empire. In the film, Rome’s dying emperor ...

By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large In Gladiator II, opening this week, twin sibling Emperors Geta and Caracalla, played by Fred Hechinger and Joseph Quinn, come across as rather unstable — to say ...

Paul Mescal as Lucius in “Gladiator II” (Credit: Paramount Pictures) “Aftersun” Oscar nominee Paul Mescal plays Lucius, the nephew of former Emperor Commodus and son of Lucilla ...

So we have a different gladiator and two evil emperors, but a lot of “Gladiator II” is familiar to the point of redundance. David Scarpa’s screenplay — with a co-story credit by Peter ...

Ridley Scott’s 2000 film Gladiator was a sensational tale of honor and betrayal in the ancient Roman empire. In the film, Rome’s dying emperor Marcus Aurelius fears that his son Commodus ...