Denzel Washington revealed that his same-sex kissing scene was taken out of the final cut of Gladiator II. During a recent interview with Gayety about the historical epic, Washington was asked, “How gay is the Roman Empire?

The two met during the Royal Film Performance of the film at the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square in London on Wednesday, Nov. 13

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.