Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal became close while starring in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II and have been both incredibly hot and adorable while on the press tour for the film and attending premieres.

As if a film about scantily-clad, brawny men pounding each other in sweaty fighting matches needed anymore homoeroticism (gay kiss or not!), Pedro Pascal just upped the queer thirst by sharing a slew of images from the Gladiator II set.

IndieWire caught up with Mescal and Fred Hechinger at the Los Angeles premiere of Ridley Scott's highly anticipated sequel.