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Denzel Washington and Corey Hawkins on Training for ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’s’ Sword Fighting and That Mind-Blowing Ending

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SPOILER ALERT: Do not read unless you have watched Apple and A24’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” which is now playing in select theaters and streaming on Apple TV Plus.

In “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Denzel Washington plays the titular Lord Macbeth — a Scottish nobleman whose last grasp at power ultimately leads to his downfall.In addition to memorizing Shakespeare’s powerful soliloquies (“It this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?”), the Academy Award winning actor and many in the troupe, including Corey Hawkins (Lord Macduff) and Alex Hassell (Ross), were also required to brush up on their dueling skills for the production, adapted and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Joel Coen. (Coen also produced the film, alongside fellow Oscar-winner Frances McDormand, who stars as Lady Macbeth.) Neither Washington nor Hawkins were master swordsmen before signing on for the Apple and A24 movie, but Hawkins had previously trained in stage combat and Washington had handled long knives in 2010’s “The Book of Eli.”“My swords were a little rusty,” Washington quipped, detailing the fight prep in an interview with Variety.If you know your Shakespeare, you’ll recall that Macbeth and Macduff face off in a duel at the end of the story.

In the days building up to shooting the confrontation, he and Hawkins refined the choreography to execute the grueling fight separately.

Filming the scene marked the first time they squared off against each other.Washington described it as “a sweaty day,” explaining that, with all the leather gear the actors wore while performing take after take, he “lost some weight that day.”Hawkins was sweating for a different reason. “It was a little nerve-racking [fighting Denzel].

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