Saturday Evening Reside launched a trailer throughout this week’s present, with host Paul Mescal main a Gladiator II musical.
Gladiator II has been on hearth on the field workplace since popping out two weeks in the past, taking in almost $350 million worldwide to date. And whereas those that noticed it have been entertained by duels and sharks, there’s one factor we will all agree it was lacking: a bit tune and dance! Happily, Saturday Evening Reside has it lined, releasing a spoof trailer that wonders, What if Gladiator II was a musical?
Arrange as a rushed option to capitalize on each Depraved and Moana II, each of which topped Gladiator II on the field workplace this week, the trailer options star and SNL host Paul Mescal main the extra 50 minutes of sure-to-be smash songs. After some singing by Devon Walker, Kenan Thompson and Bowen Yang – who’ve a quantity presumably referred to as “There’s No Place Like Rome”, hitting on swords, sandals, whores, and scandals – Mescal will get his likelihood to check out his pipes.
As he eyes his reflection in his sword, Mescal sings, They have a look at me / And all they see / Is a killing machine / However they don’t know / That far under / I’m a lot greater than I appear / They name me Gladiatoorrr. With a pitch good mixture of shakin’ and stabbin’, SNL may be onto one thing with this Gladiator II musical.
Whereas Ridley Scott does have plans for a Gladiator III, it’s in all probability a secure wager that he received’t be toying with a musical. But when he might observe by way of on it together with his proposed Gladiator II prolonged reduce, we’re completely down for an hour of musical numbers.
The Gladiator II musical then claims they pulled in Lin-Manuel Miranda to herald a few of his signature historic hip hop: All people within the Colosseum / Put your arms within the air and let me see ‘em / I’m the mad emperor with the dangerous temper-er…And I don’t imply to be a hater / However I ain’t like this gladiator / So say goodbye to this clown / ‘trigger my thumb goes down. After which will get a bit extra vulgar…However we’ll allow you to get pleasure from that by yourself.
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