'Gladiator II' director compares Denzel Washington's character to Trump: 'A clever gangster'

Ridley Scott, the director of "Gladiator II," said during an interview that Denzel Washington's character in the movie, Marcinus, was similar to President-elect Trump. 

"Gladiator II" hit theaters on Friday and also stars Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Joseph Quinn, and Fred Hechinger. 

"He's trying to use everybody. He'd use his mother, he'd use his own children; he's already used up his soul, so he didn't have any left. He's in bed with the devil," Washington told the outlet about his character. 

The Hollywood Reporter also asked Scott about how it was working with Washington. 

"We were right in the middle of Harlem and Denzel was like, 'Do you know what you're doing?' 'Of course I know what the f--- I'm doing.' 'Do you know about this music?' 'Of course I do.' Once he saw I knew what I was doing, he was very sweet. With [Gladiator II], I think he was a bit shocked by the scale. How could he not be? Of course, I'm used to it," Scott responded. 

"Wine is very tricky. It's very slow. It ain't like, boom, all of a sudden," Washington said. "And part of it was, we built this big house in 1999 with a 10,000-bottle wine cellar, and I learned to drink the best. So, I'm going to drink my '61s and my '82s and whatever we had. Wine was my thing, and now I was popping $4,000 bottles just because that's what was left."

"I didn't know if I was supposed to grab your hand or not," Washington smiled as he gave Charles a handshake.

Fox News' Stephanie Giang-Paunon contributed to this report.