Peter Mensah chats with THR at the 'Gladiator II' premiere and describes what drew him to take the role of Jugurtha. Plus, he talks about the experience of working with director Ridley Scott.

DEADLINE: It will confirm your good judgment. He played a tough police detective with a tortured past named Bud White who became this symbol of masculinity. After the film played through, for awhile every pitch in Hollywood was, “imagine Bud White, as a blank.“

Gladiator II has debuted to an estimated $87m at the international box office, making it the biggest overseas opening for any Ridley Scott film.

Gladiator 2 is receiving mixed reception, proving that it can't match up to Ridley Scott's original film and there are several reasons

Gladiator II has debuted to $87M box office in its early overseas release; the biggest international start for a Ridley Scott-directed film

Nothing is confirmed just yet, but it certainly sounds like a Gladiator 3 is on the way. Director Ridley Scott shared with our sister publication Total Film that work had begun on a threequel. "I've already got eight pages. I've got the beginning of a very good footprint," he shared.

D irector Ridley Scott hasn't built such a legacy over his career by doing things halfway, as shown by the early reactions to his latest epic "Gladiator II" (you can check out /Fi

Gladiator II, the sequel to Ridley Scott's 24 year old Roman epic, has broken a record for the director at the international box office.