Gladiator 2
"I hear that young fella Paul [Mescal] is a good dude," Crowe said. "I wish him the best of luck with it."
Washington will join Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan over a decade after first collaborating with Ridley Scott on "American Gangster."
The Oscar-nominated Irish actor first broke out with Hulu's "Normal People" series and has since taken Hollywood by storm.
"This guy’s got to fight and got to be a beast. And whatever that looks and feels like is right for me, is what it’s going to be."
The "Aftersun" and "Normal People" breakout star is in talks to play the nephew of Joaquin Phoenix's original character Commodus.
The long-awaited "Gladiator" sequel is rumored to take place three decades after the original Oscar winner.
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