Denzel Washington may need misplaced depend of the variety of movies he has starred in, however in terms of what number of movies he watches, it’s a fast calculation. The reply is none.
“I don’t watch movies, man. I really don’t,” the two-time Oscar winner stated in a dialog with A$AP Rocky and Spike Lee for a latest GQ video.
After a bent-over chuckle from the rapper and laughs from the movie director, Washington continued, “I’m just being honest with you. I don’t watch movies, man. I don’t go to the movies. I don’t watch movies.”
A$AP Rocky then requested the 70-year-old if that’s as a result of he makes movies.
“Probably,” Washington replied. “You know, I’m tired of movies.”
Lee then chimed in to ask what number of movies Washington had made, and the actor had a fast response: “Too many.”
He then contemplated, “I think 50.”
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Washington and Rocky each star in Lee’s neo-noir crime thriller “Highest 2 Lowest,” which is out in cinemas within the US and can air on AppleTV+ subsequent month.
In the chat, Rocky recounted starring in Anthony Mandler’s 2018 crime drama “Monster” with Washington’s son John David, and appeared to shock Washington along with his friendship along with his son.
“I made really good friends with your son, John David. Really good friends and he’s a really good brother,” Rocky stated.
“So, you and John David are tight?” Washington requested, earlier than receiving one more chuckle from Rocky.
“He doesn’t see films,” Lee then advised Rocky jokingly.
Washington reassured Rocky that he is aware of they had been within the movie collectively, “but I didn’t know y’all were tight tight.”
“Highest 2 Lowest” is Washington’s fifth collaboration with Lee, with the primary one being 1990 drama “Mo’ Better Blues.”
Asked by Rocky what his favourite piece is with Lee, the actor stated, “I don’t have favorites. I always tell people – they say, ‘What’s your favorite movie?’ I say, ‘My next one.’ I’m not interested in the past. Actually, I’ve never seen ‘Mo’ Better’ since.”
To which Lee then questioned, “Since the premiere?”
“Yeah, I haven’t seen it,” Washington stated.
Asked by Lee if that’s the case with all his movies, Washington revealed, “I haven’t seen any of ‘em from top to bottom.”
Washington’s upcoming initiatives embody Netflix heist film “Here Comes the Flood,” which he will star in alongside English actors Robert Pattinson and Daisy Edgar-Jones.