The following story contains some spoilers for Gladiator II. Washington plays Macrinus, a former slave-turned-power player in the once again dangerous Roman Empire. Gladiator II is set 16 years after ...
Warning: SPOILERS lie ahead for Gladiator II!Gladiator II director Ridley Scott discusses the fate of Macrinus at the end of the movie, and the thematic connections to the rest of the movie. In the ...
Draped in flowy silk capes and adorned with rattling, chunky gold, and silver rings, Denzel Washington embodies the flashiest villain and the colosseum’s bullpen organizer, Macrinus. In Gladiator 2, ...
The four-time Academy Award nominee opened the conversation by explaining Macrinus’ rich backstory. After clarifying his motivations in Gladiator 2, Ridley Scott called Denzel Washington’s character a ...