Macrinus shared a same-sex smooch on screen in Ridley Scott's Gladiator 2, but Denzel Washington says it got cut

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.

Washington stars in the long-awaited sequel for the 2000 action flick as Macrinus, a former slave who won his freedom in the arena. Director Ridley Scott, who also helmed the original Gladiator, teased earlier this month that Washington’s character had a “twinkle” of bisexuality.