Among the most striking and acclaimed characters by those who have already seen Gladiator II, the bad arts and intelligence of the gladiator trainer Macrinus They stand out above the rest. Performed by Denzel Washingtonmany are already pointing towards one of the best performances of his career, in which he even dared to have a kiss with another man that we will never be able to see.
In a recent interview with Gayetthe American actor confessed that he had kissed another actor on the lips during a sequence of the sequel directed by Ridley Scott. However, and to his surprise, this moment was finally out of final assembly of the movie.
And the script of Gladiator II I contemplated that Macrinus had had relationships with other men in the past, So the journalist asked the actor “how gay was the Roman Empire?”
Denzel Washington and the gay kiss in ‘Gladiator II’
“In fact, I kissed a man in the movie, but they took it outthey cut him off, I think they were cowards,” Washington said. “I kissed a boy on the lips and I guess they weren’t ready for it yet. It actually killed him about five minutes later. Is Gladiator. “It’s the kiss of death,” he added.
The truth is that many historians were bothered by the anachronisms of this sequel starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Connie Nielsen, but it seemed that they forgot the small detail of the freedom that emanated in the streets of Rome.
It is not the only scene that was left out of the final cut, since in another Pedro Pascal also gave Paul Mescal a kiss on the face, which was also left out of the film. And not exactly because of Ridley Scott, who was delighted to show the public these moments.
“Especially at this point in my career, I’m only interested in working with the best directors,” Washington noted at the time for the program. Today. “I don’t know how many more movies I’m going to make. It’s probably not that many. I want to do things I haven’t done.”it ended.
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