Macrinus shared a same-sex smooch on screen in Ridley Scott's Gladiator 2, but Denzel Washington says it got cut

Rome teeters on the brink in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II.” Its fall is said to be imminent. The dream it once symbolized is dead. The once high-minded ideals of the Roman Empire have deteriorated across a venal land now ruled by a pale-faced emperor.

Denzel Washington rules on screen, but there is one thing audiences won’t get to see him do in his latest film.

Denzel Washington kissed a guy, and he’d have liked it to stay in “Gladiator II.” Washington told Gayety in the below video that a kiss between his character Macrinus and another man was cut from the film because “ they weren’t ready for that yet .

Gladiator 2 arrives in theaters this weekend, and if you were hoping to see Denzel Washington’s character kiss a man, well I’ve got bad news for you. While that scene was apparently filmed, it was cut because,

Denzel Washington recently revealed that a scene where he had a same-sex kiss was cut from the upcoming film 'Gladiator II'. In an interview with Gayety, Washington was asked, "How gay is the Roman empire?

Denzel Washington has long been the subject of rumors regarding his stance on kissing white women onscreen; however, according to the acting icon, audiences will now miss his first known onscreen same-sex kiss.

In Ridley Scott's epic sequel, the Oscar-winning actor plays Macrinus, a power player who uses his gladiators to rise up the ranks in Rome. The Training Day actor stars alongside Paul Mescal as his gladiator Lucius,