Denzel Washington admits he made some “real clunkers” during the 1990s after ‘Malcolm X’

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Denzel Washington has said he was part of some “real clunkers” during the 1990s after making Malcolm X. Washington’s role in Spike Lee‘s biographical epic was a landmark point in his career, for which he received two Oscar nominations.

However, he later admitted he was involved in a lot of sub-par projects to keep himself going financially.Although Washington doesn’t name and shame any of the films he is referring to, he did make numerous films at the end of the 20th century that weren’t received well by critics.

These include the 1995 sci-fi thriller Virtuosity, the 1998 terrorism drama The Siege, the 1999 serial killer mystery The Bone Collector as well as 1993’s The Pelican Brief and 1996’s The Preacher’s Wife, which also didn’t hold up well with critics or audiences.“Look them up — I won’t say their names.

They are all in the 1990s,” he told The Times. “But I was earning. I had responsibilities.”“In life, you learn, earn and then you return — as in give back,” he continued. “So if your life is 90 years long, up until 30 you learn and from 30 to 60 you earn.