<P> The depiction of the future Edward II as an effeminate homosexual drew accusations of homophobia against Gibson . </P> <P> We cut a scene out, unfortunately...where you really got to know that character (Edward II) and to understand his plight and his pain...But it just stopped the film in the first act so much that you thought,' When's this story going to start?' </P> <P> The actual Edward II, who fathered five children by two different women, was rumoured to have had sexual affairs with men, including Piers Gaveston, on whom the Prince's male lover Phillip was loosely based . </P> <P> Gibson defended his depiction of Prince Edward as weak and ineffectual, saying: </P>

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