The Gladiator II poster - a classic example of “fire your agents”

That looks like something you’d see on Tumblr only their balls would be hanging out.

[quote] they don’t cut off the star’s head like this

In Paul’s case, it’s for the best.

R1 makes the salient point.

The head that matters most to the prospective audience is symbolically presented.

And only one creep at the DL cares about seeing the face farther up.

It’s to draw the eye to the inner thigh.

Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal are both in this?

Until recently I used to confuse the two on paper, because their names look so similar.

Now I hope it flops and stalls his career.

They want to trick people into thinking that Russell Crowe is in it, and not give the game away by showing Mescal's mug.

Disaster of an image. Fake scar. Gross volumes to his photoshopped arms. No face, no bulge. Hideous blotchy orange skin, that is supposed to look dirty but just looks sickly. What is this shit?

Agree, it’s not Russell Crowe but they want to trick people that he is in it.

[quote]Teaser posters often obscure the characters by showing them from the back (Wicked) or have them in shadow (Man of Steel) but they don’t cut off the star’s head like this

The most important part is full frame and center stage, OP - literally the center of the picture.

Because everyone knows Paul Mescal by his taint!

Please. Nobody is confusing the figure on that poster with Russell Crowe.

The only poster he should be on is “Exorcism at the Weight Watchers Meeting.”

Official Gladiator II trailer

Paul Mescal's character poster

Pedro Pascal's character poster

I like movies about gladiators.

[quote]Now I hope it flops and stalls his career.

[quote]“I’m a fan of the short inseam,” the actor told GQ from the front row at Gucci’s latest menswear show. “From my eye, it’s to do with proportion.”

I also prefer shorter inseams - 5" or maybe 7" inseam. If shorts go down to your knees, they're not shorts, and there is a special place in hell for shorts that are just below the knee that causes them to get caught and pull your shorts down a bit when you bend your knees to sit.

It will not flop and it will not stall his career.

Gladiator can do well but because of its extreme cost (over $300 million) it would have to be among the highest grossing films of all time to be profitable.

The trailer looks impressive. Hope Paul does well, he's a good actor.

Paul, from the trailer.

Sorry that trailer did not make shake or cry in the least

[quote] Sorry that trailer did not make shake or cry in the least

Try a roller coaster, sweetheart. It’s just a movie trailer.

Quite a few beats from the original.