#gladiator Ii

All Of Us Strangers (2023) - Written and directed by Andrew Haigh. Starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal.

In From The Side (2022) - Written by Matt Carter and Adam Silver, and directed by Matt Carter. Starring Alexander Lincoln and Alexander King.

#This post has got me wanting to watch The Hunger Games films again.

#Woody Harrelson was outstanding as Haymitch Abernathy.

#I just finished reading Sunrise on the Reaping. Haymitch truly is one of the most tragic characters in the history of literature.

#The film adaptation of Sunrise will leave me wrecked on the floor.

#Suzanne Collins remains a queen.

#scenes i can never watch the same way again after reading sunrise on the reaping

Paul rehearsing for SNL

#paul mescal #josh o'connor #oliver hermanus #the history of sound #cannes film festival

#A standing ovation. It's what they deserved.

Paul, I heard that there's a line in the script, something along the lines of Lucius has become Maximus. I'd love for you to take me to the day on set when you had to sort of film that note. What that line meant to you when you read it and and how you convey something like that as an actor.

"You convey it through the brilliance of how Ridley works visually, like you can't obviously morph into somebody you're not, but what I think the line is implying is that he is ready to step into a leadership role. The whole journey for Lucius in the film was going from an individual to a reluctant leader, so when he puts on Maximus's armour, you see that he is ready to step into his bloodline, his legacy and to leader the gladiators around him."

"That line is symbolic and spiritual. And to play it is subjective. There's no one single way to skin that. A different actor would go a totally different way with it. But I think what the screenplay means by that is that Lucius is finally stepping into his responsibility as a leader of these men. It’s a moment where he shifts his perspective from himself onto the greater responsibility of what's happening to Rome. That's how I interpreted that line. Up until that point, Lucius has just been driven by revenge. But that’s when he changes."

Paul Mescal on "Lucius Becomes Maximus": ExtraTV / Esquire

Holding The Man (2015)

For pride month, the fourth LGBTQ film that I watched for the first time is a 2015 film from my country of Australia, called Holding The Man. The film was directed by Neil Armfield and is adapted from Timothy Conigrave's 1995 memoir of the same name.

This is an exceptional and devastating film, with terrific chemistry between Ryan Corr and Craig Stott in the leading roles. In 1976, two students at an all boys Catholic school in Melbourne, Timothy Conigrave (Corr) and John Caleo (Stott) fall in love. This is of course is a problem for the school when this is discovered, and disapproved of by the boys' parents. This was a time when homosexuality was illegal in Australia.

This is also a story about AIDS, and as the story is devastating, you can probably guess where it's heading. Much like All Of Us Strangers, Holding The Man broke me, and I will think about this film for a long time.

Score: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#paul mescal

#Hannolucius v Glyceo (gifs 4 to 7) is my Roman Empire

#I like how 'Hannolucius' looks like 'Hannolicius'

#Hannolicius is my new favourite adjective

Hannolucius on the ground and on his hands and knees <3 kicked, punched, tackled, and thrown pt 1

#paul mescal #the history of sound

#sometimes, I think to myself, that Paul Mescal is a work of art.

i'm fucking STARVING for this man. omg his nose??? really, beautiful, a handsome man!!!

I still get chills when I think about the masterpiece that is Gladiator. 💯

Gladiator (2000) + quotes