Gladiator 2 Its premiere caused more controversy than expected. Many historians accuse the film of Ridley Scott be very historically inaccurate. Moreover, despite the general consensus, a minority of viewers noted that it tarnished the legacy of the original. And to top it all off, his own Denzel Washingtonwho gives life Macrinusa few days ago I complained about the editing of the film.
The actor accused those responsible for the project of stopping a gay kiss that he had with another actor in one of the scenes. “I kissed a man in the film, but they excluded it, cut it out. I think they have become cowards,” she lamented. Now the British director wanted to defend his film. For this reason, he assured that such a sequence had never occurred in Gladiator 2.
“This is nonsense,” he said. Scott In an interview provided Diversity. “They never did it. They acted at the time, but it didn’t happen,” says the director, who denies his actor. In any case, he did not want to give a statement Washington greater importance than due, so as not to overshadow the premiere Gladiator 2which arrives in the United States this Friday after a great opening weekend internationally.
homosexuality in Gladiator 2
For my part, Denzel Washington He also wanted to settle this issue and comment on his point of view. In statements to the same source, he claims it was just a “kiss” on the lips. “It’s really much ado about nothing,” he adds. “They are making more of it than it really was. I told him: “I killed him,” he concludes, “Was there a homosexual kiss during the filming of the film.” Gladiator 2although this is not visible in the film.
The script states that Macrinuscharacter Washingtonhave had relationships with other men in the past. Even in the film, his sexual orientation is made very clear. But clearly no action is included. And one of the criticisms Gladiator 2 It’s the lack of exposure and sexual content in a story set in the Roman Empire.
Source: Hiper Textual
