No one was expecting asequel to Gladiator, let alone one that took nearly 25 years to come out, and yet here we are.Ridley Scottis taking us back to the Roman arena for the next chapter in this epichistorical adventure. As a cool bit of continuity, this sequel will take place over 20 years after the events of the first film, nearly matching the time between the films. It will introduce us to the grandson of emperor Marcus Aurelius, Lucius, who is captured by a Roman general and forced into slavery. Knowing the legend of Maximus, he commits himself to becoming a gladiator.
The trailer forGladiator 2has shown off plenty of new cast members for the film, but fans of the first will be looking for any hints of returning characters. There are some we wouldn’t expect to come back for obvious story reasons, but there are plenty who could theoretically make an appearance here. However, 24 years is a long time between films and some actors may not even want to reprise their roles if offered. Let’s enter the Colosseum and go over the entire cast list and see if any original characters will show up in the sequel.
We will not be spoiling any plot details from either Gladiator movie beyond who is cast in the sequel.
Gladiator 2
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Will any original characters from Gladiator be in the sequel?
Get ready to meet a whole new cast of Romans
The maincast of Gladiator 2is fairly contained with only seven major characters. Here are all the new characters, who plays them, and the brief description we have of who they are:
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All the returning characters in Gladiator 2
A handful of actors are back
In terms of those original characters, weonly have three that will appear in Gladiator 2:
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