‘Gladiator II’ Gay Kiss Was Among Several Improvised Takes Cut, Decision Wasn’t Prejudice

Denzel Washington threw some shade on the producers of “Gladiator II” when he talked a few homosexual kiss he had within the movie that was reduce, allegedly over chilly ft … nevertheless it appears there may be extra to the story, TMZ is advised.

A manufacturing supply tells us … the second in query occurred, nevertheless it was not within the script — and executed throughout an improvised take of which there have been many for the scene.

The kiss take — and different improvised takes — ended up on the slicing room ground as a narrative alternative. No prejudice went into making the choice, we’re advised.

Denzel made the remark throughout an interview with Gayety — an LGBTQ+-focused media firm — and, they requested him about his character’s revelation that he’d been in same-sex couplings earlier than.

DW says they did not simply reference his character’s previous within the flick … they really confirmed him lip-to-lip with one other man in a scene — a full-on smooch within the Historical Rome movie.

However, the scene ended up snipped out, and Denzel he thought the crew behind the film “bought hen. Value noting … embrace wasn’t very romantic — since Denzel kills his scene accomplice minutes after planting the kiss on him.

Within the extremely anticipated movie, DW performs Macrinus — a former slave who plots to regulate Rome — within the sequel to Ridley Scott’s iconic 2000 blockbuster that catapulted Russel Crowe into superstardom.