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?

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

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