Denzel Washington may have said that his same-sex kiss in “Gladiator II” was cut from the movie because the powers that be got “chicken,” but, according to director Ridley Scott, the kiss may not have happened at all.
“No, that’s bulls---,” Scott told me Monday night at the “Gladiator II” premiere in Hollywood.
They acted the moment — it didn’t happen.”Washington, meanwhile, claimed that it was simply a “peck” on the lips.
It’s ‘Gladiator.’ It’s the kiss of death.”The “Gladiator II” script mentions that Washington’s character, Macrinus, has been in relationships with other men in the past.
He’s really really gifted, not just as an artist, but also I just think as a human.
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Denzel, Ridley Scott, ” Scott, “, peck ”, ” Washington, peck, It’s, ’, Connie Nielsen —, —, ” Nielsen, Michael Pruss, ” Paul Mescal, Lucius, ”, Mescal, He’s
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