Director Ridley Scott has refuted Denzel Washington’s claim that he filmed a identical-sex kiss however it become as soon as prick from Gladiator II.
The Oscar-successful actor hit headlines final week when he printed one day of an interview that he “kissed a guy full on the lips” for a scene in Scott’s circulation myth however it become as soon as prick from the last movie.
When asked about Washington’s feedback one day of the Los Angeles premiere on Monday evening, the British director shut down the claim.
“No, that’s bulls**t,” he insisted to Kind. “They never did. They acted the moment – it didn’t happen.”
Meanwhile, Washington told the outlet on the red carpet that his remarks had been overblown and it become as soon as merely “a peck” on the lips.
“It really is much ado about nothing,” the Coaching Day valuable particular person stated. “They’re making more of it than it was. I kissed him on his hands, I gave him a peck and I killed him.”
For the length of an interview with LGBTQ+ outlet Gayety recently, Washington discussed his persona Macrinus, who is desirous about both men and females, and claimed the makers “got chicken” by slicing out his identical-sex kiss.
“I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out, they cut it, I think they got chicken,” he stated. “I kissed a guy full on the lips and I guess they weren’t ready for that yet. I killed him about five minutes later. It’s Gladiator. It’s the kiss of death.”
His co-valuable particular person Connie Nielsen also addressed the headlines at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday evening, telling the publication, “My grieving scene didn’t make it into the film either. It’s not homophobia. It’s just there was no room for it.”
Producer Michael Pruss added, “There was so much stuff that was shot that didn’t make it into the film. It was truly a non-event.”
Gladiator II, starring Paul Mescal, is now showing in U.K. cinemas. It would be released in the U.S. on Friday.
