Denzel Washington recently spilled on a same-sex kiss scene he filmed for “ Gladiator II ” that won’t make it to the big screen this month. “I actually kissed a man in the film, but they took it out, they cut it, I think they got chicken,” said the actor, who plays Macrinus in the “Gladiator” sequel, in an interview with Gayety’s Caitlynn McDaniel.

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.

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