Andrew Scott reunited with his All Of Us Strangers co-star Paul Mescal as he supported him at his Gladiator II world premiere in Leicester Square, London on Wednesday night.
The Irish actors couldn’t contain their smiles as they wrapped their arms around each other to pose for photos on the star-studded red carpet.
Andrew, 48, cut a cool figure in a blue and black cardigan which he paired with black trousers and coordinated slip on shoes.
Leading man Paul, 28, looked dapper in a black suit which he teamed with an open collar satin white shirt.
The pair looked in good spirits as they chatted away on the red carpet held at London’s Odeon Luxe.
Andrew Scott reunited with his All Of Us Strangers co-star Paul Mescal as he supported him at his Gladiator II world premiere in Leicester Square, London on Wednesday night
Paul and Andrew starred in the 2023 film All Of Us Strangers together (pictured)
Previously Andrew revealed how Paul played a pivotal role in helping him through a tough time after his beloved mother Nora died suddenly in March, right in the middle of the awards season spotlight.
‘I adore Paul, he’s so, so … continues to be …’ Andrew told The Sunday Times. ‘Obviously it’s been a tough time recently and he just continues to be a wonderful friend. It’s everything.’
‘The more I work in the industry, I realise, you make some stuff that people love and you make some stuff that people don’t like, and all really that you are left with is the relationships that you make. I love him dearly.’
All Of Us Strangers sees Andrew star as a screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home who enters into a fledgling relationship with a mysterious neighbor played by Paul.
The film is an adaptation of Taichi Yamada’s 1987 Japanese psychological novel Strangers.
Director Andrew Haigh previously said that Paul and Andrew were ‘fearless’ when filming their sex scenes in the new movie.
Speaking to Vanity Fair, he said: ‘There was chemistry between the two of them literally the second I saw them together.
‘Both of them were pretty fearless. There was no sense of them being afraid of approaching those scenes. They knew how important they were.’
The Irish actors couldn’t contain their smiles as they wrapped their arms around each other to pose for photos on the star-studded red carpet
Andrew, 48, cut a cool figure in a blue and black cardigan which he paired with black trousers and coordinated slip on shoes
While leading man Paul, 28, looked dapper in a black suit which he teamed with an open collar satin white shirt
The pair looked in good spirits as they chatted away on the red carpet held at London’s Odeon Luxe
Paul and Andrew were seen beaming as they chatted away before heading onto the red carpet for photos together
Paul stars as the former heir to the Roman Empire Lucius Verus in the new blockbuster Gladiator II.
The film follows Lucius Verus, the former heir to the Roman Empire who is forced into slavery and eventually pushed to fight in the Colosseum in an effort to restore glory.
Early review from critics have called Gladiator II the ‘best movie of the year’ and a ‘true epic’ as they hailed Paul and Denzel Washington’s performances.
With Russell Crowe’s legendary Maximus long-since dead and buried, it is vengeful Lucius (Paul) who must fight for his liberty in the film after being taken into slavery and ripped away from his wife and daughter by general Marcus (Pedro Pascal).
In a new interview with Variety Paul told how there was a scene towards the end of the film where a weary Lucius mounts a horse in hot pursuit of Macrinus.
Paul was keen to do his best for the action-packed moment and the other stunts so ‘trained for f***ing months’ – before Ridley changed his mind about the scene.
Paul told the publication: ‘Two weeks before the scene, Ridley says, ‘You’re not f***ing doing it,’ and I was like, ‘What the f**k?,’ and we had this argument.’
Ridley had decided to cut the scene due to some equine advice he had received on another movie
Paul added of the altercation: ‘I was pestering him constantly. And then the day before, he goes, ‘OK, you can do the stunt, but if you come off, it’s two Bentleys.’
Paul stars as the former heir to the Roman Empire Lucius Verus in the new blockbuster Gladiator II
He eventually pulled the move off in just a couple of takes.
It comes after last week Paul revealed he became so ripped he felt his body ‘could inflict real damage’ after his intense training sessions for Gladiator II.
The star explained that after working out with a fitness coach, riding horses and learning to fight, he began to feel strong and powerful.
Paul, who had no previous experience of body building or working out, transformed himself for the role in Ridley Scott’s film.
He told The Sun: ‘You start feeling like your body can inflict damage, which is weird.
‘It changes the way you move and operate. And that’s a fun kind of place to live when it’s make-believe.’
