Gladiator 2 introduces new characters, including Denzel Washington's Macrinus, an arms dealer and potential villain. The film revolves around Paul Mescal's Lucius, forced back to Rome and ...

2-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington already has his sights set on his next role after playing the cunning merchant Macrinus in Gladiator II. Following the highly anticipated release of Gladiator ...

Denzel Washington doesn’t mind being ignored by the Academy. The 70-year-old actor was asked by the New York Times how he felt about not receiving an Oscar nomination for his performance in ...

and there's one particularly glaring omission from the list – Denzel Washington. The legendary actor has picked up plenty of Oscar buzz for his role in Gladiator 2, but he failed to secure a ...

Denzel Washington embodies the flashiest villain and the colosseum’s bullpen organizer, Macrinus. In Gladiator 2, (Ridley Scott’s follow-up to his 2000 Gladiator epic blockbuster), Macrinus ...

Washington’s character had been a prisoner of war, taken to Rome and turned into fodder for the arena. Still, “he earned his way out as a good gladiator ... “But Denzel did wear the ...

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Credit: Paramount Pictures Denzel Washington has revealed that Gladiator 2 originally featured a scene in which his character Macrinus kissed a man, but it was cut from the movie's final edit.

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 ...