Gladiator II director Ridley Scott is shutting down claims that a same-sex kiss was cut from the new movie. Denzel Washington, who plays power-hungry former slave Macrinus in the film, recently said he kissed a man on the lips,

Actress Connie Nielsen, who reunites with Ridley Scott as she reprises her role as Lucilla from the original Gladiator, agreed with the producer, revealing that her own grieving scene was left on the cutting room floor. While the Blade Runner filmmaker’s ...

Denzel Washington made a bold claim when he said he’d kissed a man for Gladiator II but “they” were too chicken to include it in the final cut. Washington didn’t clarify who “they” were, but in any case,

During the Gladiator II premiere on November 18 night, director Ridley Scott denied Denzel Washington's gay kiss claim and said that they "acted" the moment.

Ridley Scott denies that Denzel Washington had a same-sex kiss in Gladiator II - The star claimed last month that his same-sex kiss in the film was cut but has since downplayed his comments

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.

Washington also rolled back on his earlier claim the scene was cut from the film, calling the kiss a ‘peck’

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.

Director Ridley Scott added that it's "bullshit" a prolonged kiss was even filmed, as Washington later clarified it was just a "peck" and the discord is "really much ado about nothing."

Washington also walked back his original comments, noting that it was a "peck" and that the scene "really is much ado about nothing"