Paul Mescal faces off with Pedro Pascal in Gladiator II trailer

Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal fight it out in Gladiatior II (Paramount Pictures/PA)

Irish actor Paul Mescal can be seen facing off against Pedro Pascal in the trailer for Sir Ridley Scott’s highly anticipated Gladiator sequel.

Normal People star Mescal, 28, plays a grown-up Lucius in the film, the nephew of Commodus, the original film’s antagonist – played by Joaquin Phoenix.