Ridley Scott calls “bullshit” on Denzel Washington’s claim a same-sex kiss got cut from ‘Gladiator 2’

nme.com:

Ridley Scott has said Denzel Washington‘s claim that a same-sex kiss got cut from Gladiator 2 is “bullshit”.It comes after Washington, who portrays Macrinus in the sequel to the 2000 blockbuster, told Gayety, he kissed a male co-star in a since-deleted moment.He said: I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out.

They cut it. I think they got chicken.“I kissed a guy full on the lips and they, I guess they weren’t ready for that yet,” he added, before joking that in the sequence he “killed him about five minutes later”, describing it as a “kiss of death.”But at the recent Hollywood premiere of the movie, Scott told Variety: “No that’s bullshit.

They never did. They acted the moment – it didn’t happen.”Washington has also since rolled back his comments, now saying: “It really is much ado about nothing.

They’re making more of it than it was. I kissed him on his hands, I gave him a peck and I killed him.”Washington’s same-sex kiss wasn’t the only one that was cut from the film.