Denzel Washington is revealing that a same-sex kiss was cut from Gladiator II. In a new interview, Washington, who plays Macrinus in the Ridley Scott film, was asked, “How gay is the Roman empire?” “I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out,

Paul Mescal plays the titular gladiator Lucius and Denzel Washington is aspiring emperor Macrinus in Ridley Scott's Roman epic "Gladiator II."

King Charles III met the cast of 'Gladiator II' including Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington, alongside director Ridley Scott in London. (Nov. 13)