By Esther Zuckerman November 22, 2024 9:00 AM EST Warning: This post contains spoilers for Gladiator II . You don't notice one of the most important characters in Gladiator II until late in the runtime of Ridley Scott's latest feature, out Nov. 22. That is partly because he is not played by one of the movie's big stars: Pedro Pascal , Paul Mescal , or Denzel Washington. In fact, he is not even human.  He is a monkey named Dundus, and he's the secret hero of this brutal blockbuster.  Dundus (