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'Gladiator II' Director Denies Denzel Washington Same-Sex Kiss Was Cut
‘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’
They acted the moment and [it] didn’t happen,” Scott, 86, told Variety on the red carpet at the Gladiator II Los Angeles premiere on Monday, November 18. Michael Pruss, Fred Hechinger, Connie Nielsen, Paul Mescal, Ridley Scott and Denzel Washington attend the ‘Gladiator II’ Los Angeles premiere.Phillip Faraone/Getty ImagesSpeaking to Variety at the Governors Ball in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 17, producer Michael Pruss said of the scene: “There was so much stuff that was shot that didn’t make it into the film. Meanwhile, actress Connie Nielsen, who reprises her Gladiator role as Lucilla, told the outlet that some of her scenes were also cut from the sequel.
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