How Paul Mescal got ripped for Gladiator II — as told by his personal trainer - The Irish actor has just 12 weeks to hone his physique for the blockbuster movie — so how did he do it? His trainer, Tim Blakeley,

Mescal said he had to lose weight to film another movie, "The History of Sound," after "Gladiator 2."

Gladiator II” may have taken over two decades to come to fruition, but star Paul Mescal is already thinking about a third installment of Ridley Scott’s epic. When asked by Variety at the film’s London premiere if he’d want to make “Gladiator 3,