Denzel Washington rules on screen, but there is one thing audiences won’t get to see him do in his latest film.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Gladiator 2. "The way I look at it, I’m putting this dress on, these rings and I'm going crazy," Denzel Washington said of his role in Gladiator 2 – and oh boy,

Paul Mescal previously revealed to Entertainment Weekly that a forehead kiss he gave Pedro Pascal was also scrapped from the film.

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?

Gladiator 2 arrives in theaters this weekend, and if you were hoping to see Denzel Washington’s character kiss a man, well I’ve got bad news for you. While that scene was apparently filmed, it was cut because, according to Washington, the people in charged chickened out.

But what raises the follow-up above typical blockbuster fare is a scene-stealing performance from Denzel Washington. Not that you really notice that theft at first. There’s a lot going on in the background.

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.

Denzel Washington has long been the subject of rumors regarding his stance on kissing white women onscreen; however, according to the acting icon, audiences will now miss his first known onscreen same-sex kiss.

Denzel Washington recently revealed that a scene where he had a same-sex kiss was cut from the upcoming film 'Gladiator II'. In an interview with Gayety, Washington was asked, "How gay is the Roman empire?