Denzel Washington says he filmed a same-sex kiss scene for Gladiator II but it was cut from the movie
Denzel Washington rules on screen, but there is one thing audiences won’t get to see him do in his latest film.
In an interview to promote Gladiator II with Gayety, the Oscar-winning actor talked about playing Roman emperor Macrinus.
Washington was asked about “how gay” he thought the Roman empire was and he referenced a particular scene.
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“I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out. They cut it,” he said. “I think they got chicken.”
“I kissed a guy full on the lips,” Washington added. “I guess they weren’t ready for that yet.”
The actor then joked about his character killing the character shortly thereafter, making it a “kiss of death”.
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Washington stars in the film alongside 28-year-old actor, Paul Mescal, saying that Mescal’s performance “delivered” during an interview on The Graham Norton Show.
When 9honey Celebrity asked Mescal about receiving that kind of feedback from one of the acting greats, he shared that it made him “absolutely emotional.”
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”Because he’s just been both so generous with his talent, his performance in the film is just extraordinary but he’s been totally paternal in a non-condescending way entirely on this press tour,” Mescal said on the red carpet at the Sydney premiere of Gladiator II.
“And to get that from somebody who is so fundamentally talented is so, it feels incredibly generous and kind.”
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And it seems he was taking notes from Washington while on set, recently sharing a story regarding a kiss involving their other castmate, Pedro Pascal.
“There was a moment when we were rehearsing my fight scene with Pedro, and I had an idea towards the end of the scene to kiss Pedro on the forehead,” Mescal told Entertainment Weekly.
“I did it in one of the takes, and then we’re getting the radio messages back to Ridley [in video village], and I was like, ‘Ridley: Kiss on the forehead, did you like it? Yay or nay?’ There was radio silence for a second. His radio crackles back, and [Ridley] goes, ‘I’m afraid I did’.”
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