The role reunites the actor with director Ridley Scott after their work together on 2007’s crime drama “American Gangster,” and it was Scott’s involvement alone that convinced Washington to sign on for the sequel. Popular on Variety “I have to be inspired by the filmmaker, and I ...
It’s a lesson that Frank Lucas has learnt the hard way, although Washington Jr has high hopes for Lucas Jr: “He’s a straight-A student, and you can see through him what Frank Lucas might have become had his life gone in a different direction.” American Gangster is released ...
Scott said of Washington, “He didn’t show it at the time, but I think he really enjoyed doing ‘American Gangster’ with me. I think the film was honestly terrific, one of my better movies.” To get Washington to agree to play Macrinus in “Gladiator II,” Scott showed the Oscar ...
There are a number of things that keepAmerican Gangstergrounded when it should be flying. One of these is the casting of Russell Crowe who is no more believable as a Jewish, New Jersey detective than Levi Johnston. More than that, Crowe is just too dull and uncharismatic to energize the ...
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None were quite as impressive as Washington, though. And although the product as a whole shouldn’t go down as either his or Lee’s best, or anything, it without a doubt deserves a spot in the upper echelon of this particular list. 1 American Gangster Universal Pictures There’s a ...
A lot of credit goes to Antoine Fuqua,the director.He brought the gangster aspect into it. The script was more like 2000 version of a Lethal Weapon kind of guy. That line "King Kong aren't got nothing on me"-I made that up. The character's ego, he just did not think he could ...
Washington was not a part of the originalGladiator, the 2000 historical epic that became the Academy Award winner for Best Picture that year. He has worked with Scott before; he starred in his 2007 film,American Gangster(which co-starred originalGladiatoractor Russell Crowe). And Washington had...
From Civil War veterans to corrupt cops, 'Magnificent Seven' to 'Malcolm X' – we rank all of Denzel Washington's performances, from worst to best.
Washington was not a part of the originalGladiator, the 2000 historical epic that became the Academy Award winner for Best Picture that year. He has worked with Scott before; he starred in his 2007 film,American Gangster(which co-starred originalGladiatoractor Russell Crowe). And Washington had...