Farrell With Director StoneFarrell With Director StoneOliver Stone has defended the bisexual content in his new movie, Alexander.    

Debate has raged for many years over the sexuality of the Macedonian king, Alexander The Great, who died in the year 323 BC.

But Stone has controversially added scenes of a bisexual nature to the film, which stars Colin Farrell as Alexander.    

Director Stone tells the US Playboy Magazine: "Alexander lived in a more honest time.    

"We go into his bisexuality. It may offend some people, but sexuality in those days was a different thing.    

"Pre-Christian morality - young boys were with boys when they wanted to be," added Stone, who revealed the film was rejected by Hollywood, being solely funded in Europe.    

The film's distributor, Paramount, has also denied Alexander's release has been put back while they considered cutting some of the sexual scenes.   

The film reportedly shows passionate scenes between Farrell and Francisco Bosch, who plays Bagoas, a Persian eunuch who some historians believe was Alexander's lover.