showed the goods in the West End revival of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire.” “He played Stanley, and there are several moments where he takes off his shirt and it was electric,” Daria Cercek admitted to Variety. “The ladies in the audience were very vocal, and we were like, ‘I think we’ve found our guy.’ “It was announced in January that Mescal, 27, would team with Denzel Washington for the action film sequel.He will play Lucius, the grandson of Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and nephew to Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) from the original “Gladiator.” “I’m so proud I get to make it,” Mescal told the Hollywood Reporter during Oscar season. “It’s an intimidating feat.