Washington also walked back his original comments, noting that it was a "peck" and that the scene "really is much ado about nothing" Ridley Scott is setting the record straight on Denzel Washington’s same-sex kiss from Gladiator II.

As Gladiator 2 nears its release, director Ridley Scott and actor Denzel Washington addressed reports of a deleted same-s*x kiss scene, clarifying its absence from the final cut. Cast members Connie Nielsen and producer Michael Pruss also discussed the film’s edits and their impact on the story.

Gladiator II director Ridley Scott claimed Denzel Washington was lying when the actor recently accused producers of cutting a scene of his character, Macrinus, kissing a man on the lips during the highly anticipated film — which hits theaters on Friday,

Ridley Scott is already working on the script for a third Gladiator installment, Paul Mescal has said. In the long-awaited Gladiator II, the Irish actor play s Lucius, the son of Russell Crowe's Maximus from the multiple Oscar-winning original.

Sir Ridley Scott has firmly refuted Denzel Washington ’s claim he kissed a man in Gladiator II – only to see it cut from the final film. And in typical straightforward Sir Ridley fashion, he called the actor’s story ‘bulls**t’.

Gladiator II’ director Ridley Scott said a same-sex kiss featuring Denzel Washington wasn’t cut from the movie after Washington said producers ‘got chicken’ and ‘cut it out’

A s Hollywood assembles its finest, from Paul Mescal to Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, and Joseph Quinn, for the epic spectacle of Gladiator II, the buzz began well before the s