Denzel Washington made a bold claim when he said he’d kissed a man for Gladiator II but “they” were too chicken to include it in the final cut. Washington didn’t clarify who “they” were, but in any case,

So, 'Gladiator II' director Ridley Scott is shutting down claims that a same-sex kiss was cut from the new movie. The rumors of such a scene made a big splash before the movie's release.

Ridley Scott’s penchant for scale is in everything he’s most famous for. Sprawling, Douglas Trumbull’d up vistas of a futuristic Los Angeles, a massive derelict craft in the middle of uncharted space,