Denzel Washington kissed a guy, and he’d have liked it to stay in “Gladiator II.”

Though Denzel Washington has played a myriad of roles and done a lot of things onscreen, he’s never played a gay character. But it appears he almost did in “Gladiator II.”

I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out,” says acting icon Denzel Washington, who is already garnering Oscar buzz for his role in “Gladiator II.” Denzel Washington has long been the subject of rumors regarding his stance on kissing white women onscreen;