Paul Mescal embraces his inner warrior as he goes to battle for Rome in the new trailer for Sir Ridley Scott’s highly anticipated Gladiator sequel. The Irish star can be seen beaten and bloody as he portrays a grown-up Lucius, son of Lucilla, played by Connie Nielsen in the original film.

Gladiator II is set years after the 2000 historical epic which starred Russell Crowe as Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius, who ends up in slavery after the murder of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard…