The Kildare native will play the lead role Lucius Verus in Gladiator 2 and despite the movie not yet hitting our screens, Mescal is already tipped to win an Academy Award for his performance.And now 24 years later, Casinos.com reckon history will repeat itself.
“It is just 3/1 that Gladiator 2 is left empty-handed at next year’s Oscars, while it could be an even tougher task for Mescal to land his first-ever Academy Award. “The likes of Joker: Folie à Deux’s Joaquin Phoenix, Sing Sing’s Colman Domingo, and Daniel Craig for forthcoming film Queer, could all be in contention in 2025.”Opening up about attending the awards, he revealed to TV host Jimmy Kimmel on his US chat show: "Mum sat beside me, while dad was up in 'the nosebleeds' and dad was mostly there for the parties."He got to dance, as he said, with Cher. He was in the vicinity of Cher, dancing.