Among those leading the charge is Pedro Pascal’s Marcus Acacius, a Roman general who is a ruthless killer and, to Lucius, “a symbol of everything he detests.” The film reportedly opens with the raiding party of the Roman fleet decimating Numidia, after which Lucius is taken prisoner. “When he gets to Rome…and has a first round in the arena, he sees his mother—to his shock,” Scott revealed to the publication. “He doesn’t know whether she’s alive or not. How would he know? You don’t have telephones. There’s no press. And there’s his mother in the royal box looking pretty good after 20 years. And she’s with the general who he came face-to-face with on the wall in Numidia.” When he enters the Colosseum, Lucilla doesn’t recognise her son, but it’s not long before he and her lover come to blows.
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Among those leading the charge is Pedro Pascal’s Marcus Acacius, a Roman general who is a ruthless killer and, to Lucius, “a symbol of everything he detests.” The film reportedly opens with the raiding party of the Roman fleet decimating Numidia, after which Lucius is taken prisoner. “When he gets to Rome… and has a first round in the arena, he sees his mother—to his shock,” Scott revealed to the publication. “He doesn’t know whether she’s alive or not. How would he know? You don’t have telephones. There’s no press. And there’s his mother in the royal box looking pretty good after 20 years. And she’s with the general who he came face-to-face with on the wall in Numidia.” When he enters the Colosseum, Lucilla doesn’t recognize her son, but it’s not long before he and her lover come to blows.