Denzel Washington opens up about a surprising character moment where he kisses another man was cut from the hotly-anticipated film 'Gladiator II' in this charming interview on the Gayety YouTube Channel.
Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] II critics have declared that Denzel Washington 'stole the entire' picture as they heaped praise on his electrifying performance.
Though critics have been somewhat divided by Scott's latest offering with some noting that it doesn't quite live up to the film's original, overall, Gladiator II has been seen as a triumph, with one noting that it's 'watchable and spectacular'. He writes: 'Even though this sequel rarely scales the soaring heights of the first film, and takes some right Roman liberties with historical truths, it is still worthy of a firm-ish thumbs-up.
'Hechinger is said to have modelled Caracalla on Johnny Rotten, while the syphilitic Geta was reportedly inspired in part by Sid Vicious. Having warmed to the rhino and the sharks I'm all for this unlikely fusion of ancient Rome and the Sex Pistols. The Hollywood star, 69, has been lauded for his 'pure camp' line delivery, with it being said that Denzel is 'palpably revelling' in playing the 'smug, self-satisfied schemer'
Empire's Boyd Hilton is in firm agreement that Denzel's scenes upstages all others, writing: 'Washington practically steals the whole film, by the way, palpably revelling in the chance to let rip as a smug, self-satisfied schemer of the highest order. Some of his line-readings are pure camp.'Sharing his thoughts, he declared that Ridley Scott's sequel is the 'most disappointing “legacy sequel” since Prometheus.
He pens of the Hollywood star: 'Denzel Washington, as a slave-owner with soaring ambitions, is deliciously sly, stealing every scene and generally putting all the actors to shame. He’s the film’s only real winner, apart perhaps from Caracalla’s pet monkey, who lights up the screen. Gladiator II follows Lucius Verus , the former heir to the Roman Empire who is forced into slavery and eventually pushed to fight in the Colosseum in an effort to restore glory.
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