Denzel Washington brought some authenticity to his "Gladiator II" character's sexuality ... 'cause he says he straight-up kissed a dude in a scene -- but, fans won't get to see it.
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00:00And now, Gladiator 2 was almost Gladiator 2, starring Denzel Washington.
00:08I kissed a guy full on the lips and I guess they weren't ready for that yet.
00:13Hey, when in Rome.
00:14Denzel Washington had a make out scene with another man in Gladiator 2, but we are not going to see it.
00:19He talked all about it in an interview with Gayity, an LGBTQ plus focused media company.
00:25Denzel's character is gay in the movie. There's references to him being gay or doing gay things.
00:31Like Broadway?
00:34Yeah, because that worked a few months ago.
00:37Anyway, turns out Denzel's character had an intimate moment with another male character.
00:42I actually kissed a man in the film, but they took it, I think they got chicken.
00:47I kissed a guy full on the lips and I guess they weren't ready for that yet.
00:52Are you not a rose?
00:55I killed him about five minutes later.
00:58Okay, if you were a rose, hopefully you're not now.
01:01Why'd they kill the scene?
01:02He just said they chickened out.
01:03It's two and a half hours long, they probably had to cut something.
01:06A kiss is five seconds.
01:07Yeah, they could have squeezed it in.
01:09The very interesting thing about this is very famously when Will Smith broke into acting with Six Degrees of Separation.
01:14It's a movie where Will Smith is a gay character and he went to Denzel saying, should I kiss a man on screen?
01:18And Denzel advised him, don't be kissing no man on screen.
01:22It's weird he said it like that.
01:23That's the way the quote is.
01:25I don't know if this is racist or homophobic.
01:28Thanks Denzel! Kisses!
01:31I kissed a guy full on the lips.