Did You Know Denzel Washington Had A Same-Sex Kiss In Gladiator II? Actor Reveals Why It Was Cut
Paul Mescal, who plays Lucius, recently shared that another kiss—one he gave Pedro Pascal on the forehead during a fight scene rehearsal—was also ultimately removed
Denzel is a pretty devout Christian I’m sure some producer tried to get him to do it as a humiliation ritual.
Devout Christians wouldn't do gay shit for money.
He did it, by the way. He fucking kissed the dude. He's just made that they cut it from the film. He also coped saying "guess they're not ready for that yet".
Denzel is compromised. Also the guy who says he won't do kisses with white women and only black women. Bro loves sheboons and gay dudes.
Who is the resident "Big Mike" poster here again? This feels like a perfect setup for whoever it is.
Eva Mendez isn't white but she sure ain't black
Based.
Doesn't sound like that at all.
Meh, Italians do it all the time.
That's why they made the mafia.
There was a second Gladiator? The film where the titular character died at the end of the original?
Cash grab, ahoy!
Will be. They're making a sequel now. If you had any lingering doubts about how out of ideas Hollywood is.
It comes out November 22 in America.
All I care about is the fact that Interstellar is coming back to theaters in December. I've never seen it on the big screen and I'm pretty excited for it.
Holy shit, that's one of the few movies I wish I had seen at the cinema just for the big screen experience. I
mayhave to see if the same thing is happening anywhere here in Britbong.Hopefully you can find a showing. Tickets went on sale here a few days ago for showings that start on December 6th.
We already had the perfect fiction about time dilation
It was called Gunbuster
Disappointed to see this. One of my favorite actors and he has talked about Christian values (dad was a pastor I think). Although I’m sure some would tell me it’s just acting
He's an actor. Don't ever idolize actors. They're the whores of Hollywood. Same goes for every other celebrity.
Listen to Anthony Hopkins:
Modern America is the first time in history that actors have ever been viewed as anything but the absolute dregs of society.
Already liked Hopkins and now I like him more. A jester that knows his place. Shouldn't be rare but those are the times.
True. Just sucks.
It's about the kid from the first movie, The son of Connie Nielsen's character. He's all grown up and seeks revenge on a roman general who invades his province. Denzel is the slave owner who buys the kid and teaches him to be a gladiator. There are two Emperors in this one and the rumor is that Denzel ends up Emperor in the end of the movie.
If y'all haven't heard the original pitch for the Gladiator sequel it's weird. Maximus becomes a revenge spirit through the ages and joins the CIA during the Cold War.
I mean, its basically the same as the original sequel to the God of War game that they setup at the end of the game itself where Kratos as the God of War was always with some side in every major conflict of history fighting because he was still stewing with rage.
I like GoW 2/3, but I do wish we had gotten that too.
I wonder if there is any crossover between Scott's crew and the GOW team, or if they had separate cooky ideas
Doubt it, the GoW thing is a pretty natural follow from where the game was going to that point.
It was only dropped because they were super successful and Kratos became instantly iconic, so they literally retconned it out of existence with the opening of 2.
Why did he agree to do this movie at all? It shouldn't even exist.
Ridley Scott is well and truly past his prime- Prometheus, Napoleon, and now this.
Let it go. You had a fantastic career, now you’re just… a bit shit.
I mean Denzel. Ridley Scott has been losing his marbles since 2009 when he made that atrocious Robin Hood movie.
The same sex kiss, I read, is a kiss of death. So it's the equivalent of the "I know it was you" kiss from Michael to Fredo in Cuba in Godfather II.
Was there same-sex hugging too?
Maybe there was some really manly gripping going on... as they shook hands with each other 🙄
The most surprising thing about this is how many KIA2 readers say they looked up to or expected more from the actor. Actors are like employees and the employer actively hates you.
He should have just made another Equalizer sequel. It would be predictable but championing underdogs never gets old.
Granted they've started changing the dogs for furries over the lifetime of that series.