The beloved actor will soon enter the arena in Ridley Scott's follow-up to his 2000 masterpiece, but Pascal's career has taken him down some interesting roads.

Given that the anticipated “Gladiator II” will showcase heavy fight and swordplay scenes courtesy of its lead stars, Pedro Pascal shared that he “begged” co-star Paul Mescal to go easy on him while filming their battle scenes since the latter is “much younger.