Ridley Scott, the director of "Gladiator II," said during an interview that Denzel Washington's character in the movie, Marcinus, was similar to President-elect Trump. "[Macrinus] was a prisoner of war — probably at a North African state — and actually ...

The director explains the backstory behind Washington's scene-stealing character, and how he's not unlike the President-elect.

O ne of the most intriguing characters in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, the sequel to Gladiator (2000) out Nov. 22, is Macrinus, a Black businessman raising an army of gladiators, played by Denzel Washington.