Barry Keoghan is in talks to join fellow Oscar nominee Paul Mescal in the highly anticipated Gladiator sequel, according to reports.
The Banshees of Inisherin star, who grabbed a nomination for Best Supporting Actor, is quite busy being booked for six other upcoming movies. They include a Billy the Kid film retelling and a movie alongside The Weeknd and Wednesday and Scream 6 star Jenna Ortega. Now he might grab another coveted role, as the villain of the sequel to the 2000 award-winning historical epic which helped Russel Crowe win an Oscar, Buzz.ie reported
Gladiator told the story of Russel Crowe's Maximus, a former general forced into becoming a gladiator under the rule of the patricidal self-appointed Roman emperor Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix. Its sequel, set years after the events of the first film will follow in the footsteps of Lucius, the son of Lucilla and nephew of Commodus. Normal People actor Mescal will be playing Lucius, while Keoghan might soon get the role of the villainous character Emperor Geta.
