Denzel Washington experienced an awkward encounter with King Charles III during the London premiere of "Gladiator II."

King Charles III, battling cancer, appeared to be in good spirits during a Royal meet-and-greet with the cast of the Gladiator sequel. Charles happily greeted Gladiator II stars Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington,

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

The two met during the Royal Film Performance of the film at the ODEON Luxe Leicester Square in London on Wednesday, Nov. 13

Actor Denzel Washington told Gayety that he had a kiss in the movie, but it was ultimately cut from the final print. “I actually kissed the man in the film, but they took it, they cut it, I think they got chicken,

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,

Denzel Washington kissed a guy, and he’d have liked it to stay in “Gladiator II.” Washington told Gayety in the below video that a kiss between his character Macrinus and another man was cut from the film because “ they weren’t ready for that yet .