Denzel Washington has revealed that a same-sex kiss was cut from Gladiator 2 , which is being released in UK cinemas tomorrow. The legendary actor – whose performance as Macrinus in the film has garnered rave reviews from critics – made the comments during an interview with the LGBTQ+ publication Gayety . "I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it.
.. they cut it, I think they got chicken," he said.
"I kissed a guy full on the lips, and I guess they weren’t ready for that yet. I killed him about five minutes later. It’s Gladiator.
It’s the kiss of death." This is actually the second time we've heard about a same-sex kiss being cut from the movie, with Paul Mescal previously revealing that he'd improvised kissing Pedro Pascal on the forehead – only for it to not make it into the movie. Read more: Denzel Washington joins Black Panther 3 – after Chadwick Boseman's heartfelt tribute Emilia Pérez director didn't know what Selena Gomez looked like before casting her "I didn't tell Ridley I was gonna do it," he said during an interview with Cinema Blend .
"And then I was nervous after we did it because I thought he was going to f**king hate it. "So I nervously go over the radio being like, 'Ridley? Did you like the kiss on the forehead? Yay or nay?' And there was this kind of, like, [static] 'I’m afraid I did.' So I don't know where it got lost in the edit, but I trust this man entirely, though.
How he cuts his films." Scott himself added that he couldn't.