The premiere of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s long-awaited sequel to his 2000 Oscar-winning classic, has been met with heated online outrage after it was revealed that Egyptian-Palestinian actress May

Sir Ridley Scott has firmly refuted Denzel Washington ’s claim he kissed a man in Gladiator II – only to see it cut from the final film. And in typical straightforward Sir Ridley fashion, he called the actor’s story ‘bulls**t’.

As Gladiator 2 nears its release, director Ridley Scott and actor Denzel Washington addressed reports of a deleted same-s*x kiss scene, clarifying its absence from the final cut. Cast members Connie Nielsen and producer Michael Pruss also discussed the film’s edits and their impact on the story.

Ridley Scott is already working on the script for a third Gladiator installment, Paul Mescal has said. In the long-awaited Gladiator II, the Irish actor play s Lucius, the son of Russell Crowe's Maximus from the multiple Oscar-winning original.

Gladiator II’ director Ridley Scott said a same-sex kiss featuring Denzel Washington wasn’t cut from the movie after Washington said producers ‘got chicken’ and ‘cut it out’

A s Hollywood assembles its finest, from Paul Mescal to Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, and Joseph Quinn, for the epic spectacle of Gladiator II, the buzz began well before the s