Ridley Scott Says Denzel Washington’s ‘Gladiator II’ Same-Sex Kiss ‘Didn’t Happen’

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Ridley Scott Says Denzel Washington's 'Gladiator II' Same-Sex Kiss 'Didn't Happen': 'They Acted the Moment' https://t.co/YiG14dhrsf
- Variety (@Variety) November 19, 2024
Last week, Denzel disclosed that he filmed a scene where he kissed a man on the lips, but it was ultimately cut out from the sequel's theatrical cut

Comments

[gabzillaz]

Denzel has no reason to lie, so.

Somebody ask him why he cut May Calamawy from the film while we are at it.

[kaiserschmarrn]

Do we know anything about the role she was supposed to have? I couldn't find anything and having seen the movie, I have no idea where another character would fit in. I hope we get an extended cut because these reports about what's not in the film are so confusing.

[maryjanewatson]

she was cast as the female lead (not as paul's wife and she was not recast like some were saying) and from the few scenes she's still in it looks like she might've been in cahoots with denzel's character, maybe to seduce one of the emperors to get macrinus closer to them? [Spoiler (click to open)]because going from just presenting them with lucius to suddenly geta going "oh i've come to see you as a friend these past few days" seemed kinda out of nowhere. a lot seems to have been cut in general tbh.

[kaiserschmarrn]

[Spoiler (click to open)]oh wow that's absolutely wild that she was a lead? Your theory makes sense though it makes her character sound more on a level with Tim McInnerny's (who was strangely missing from the credits despite a fairly major role). I wondered whether she was connected to Lucilla and Acacius because the mother/son reconciliation also seemed to miss a step or two. It's really wild they would've been able to cut out so much. Now I really need the extended version and/or an explanation why these cuts happened.

[vikingsmn]

She went through the same audition process that Paul did and Paul said that process was pretty long, so it makes it even wilder that all her scenes were cut.

[kaiserschmarrn]

I thought Paul didn't even audition? Wasn't he cast based on Normal People? That's the anecdote going around, that Ridley had a 30 minute Zoom meeting with him talking about sports without ever really making him audition.