Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal on the intense physical demands ofGladiator II: 'My Irish blood doesn't function'
The Ridley Scott epic demanded more of both actors physically than they’d ever experienced before. So much so that both stars separately toldEntertainment Weeklyit was the most physically demanding shoot they’d ever experienced. But the weather and shooting schedule was a different beast entirely. Paul Mescal (L) and Pedro Pascal in ‘Gladiator’.Paramount “It was brutal, the fight. I was borderline throwing up, irritable, just hardcore. Between takes, I was firing ice straight down my back....