Gladiator II cast dubbed the 'hottest ever' (2025)

The Gladiator II cast has been branded the 'hottest ever' by fans who have gone wild for a video featuring three of the actors in the upcoming film.

In the clip posted on X, formerly known as Twitter,Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Joseph Quinn revealed that fans can now book tickets for the Ridley Scott epic ahead of its theatrical release on November 22.

'People of the internet,' Quinn, best known for his role on Netflix's Stranger Things, began the group's message, before Pascal added: 'Are you ready to be entertained?' - a reference to the original movie.

'I am entertained,' Mescal, who plays the lead, continued.

'Get tickets now to see Gladiator II,' Pascal addressed fans, as Quinn finished: 'In theatres everywhere.'

The video, which was shared on October 8, has over 1.5 million views, as fans gushed over the cast's collective sex appeal.

Reposting the video, one X user's cheeky comment read: 'I just wanna thank the female biology for giving me three holes.'

Another person replied: 'Absolutely spit out my drink when I read this! Love it!! And thank the Lord for our three holes!'

'My ovaries cannot wait to see this movie,' a similar comment on X read.

A third comment read: 'Have you seen how Denzel [Washington] look in this movie??? I'm gonna need a fourth.'

Denzel Washington rounds out the cast of Gladiator II, with Connie Nielsen and Derek Jacobi reprising their roles from the 2000 film starring Russell Crowe.

The 69-year-old Oscar winner plays arms dealer Macrinus in the Gladiator sequel as seen in the film's first trailer that was unveiled in July, as one X user noted Washington is 'the only one with sauce' in it.

'He looks the coolest he's ever f***ing looked,' another added.

When the film's second trailer was released last month, fans praised 'the gravitas he brings' to the role.

Another noted Washington 'will be doing the heavy lifting' in Gladiator II, while a third declared he is 'probably our best living actor'.

'The gravitas he brings to every role is unmatched,' they added. 'The way he's so effortless in really any genre.'

A third said: 'Denzel has this aura.'

'Fine as wine,' one X user summed up Washington's enduring appeal.

Gladiator II follows Lucius (played by Mescal), the son of Lucilla (portrayed by Nielsen in the 2000 original) as the film's titular gladiator.

In the film's first trailer, the Normal People star stormed the Colisceum, while showing off his toned physique in a bloody battle with the villainous Marcus Acacius (Pescal).

The Last Of Us star plays Roman general Acacius, who trained as a gladiator beneath Crowe's character Maximus, who died at the end of the first Gladiator film.

In an interview about Gladiator II, the 49-year-old actor told Vanity Fair: '[Acacius] learned from the best, so of course this code of honour is ingrained into his training and into his existence. But at the end of the day, he's a different person. And that can't change who he is.

'Maximus is Maximus, and that can't be replicated. That just makes Acacius capable of different things,' he teased.

Meanwhile, Mescal opened up about his physical transformation for the film, explaining that he trained to look like a warrior– not a 'sex symbol'.

'I just wanted to be big and strong and look like somebody who can cause a bit of damage when s**t hits the fan,' he said. 'I think also, sometimes, one could, in striving for that perfect look, end up looking more like an underwear model than a warrior.

Reacting to the buzz about his new avatar, the 28-year-old Oscar nominee added 'Muscles start to grow, and that can be deemed aesthetic in certain capacities, but there is something about feeling strong in your body that elicits just a different feeling. You carry yourself differently.

'It has an impact on you psychologically in a way that is useful for the film.'