Denzel Washington Says ‘There Are Very Few Films Left For Me to Make That I’m Interested In’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Is Denzel Washington nearing an acting retirement from the big screen? In a new interview with Empire magazine to promote his role in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2,” the two-time Oscar winner admitted the upcoming swords-and-sandals epic was one of the few movies left to make that still interested him.
How many more of these roles exist Washington did not reveal. “There are very few films left for me to make that I’m interested in, and I have to be inspired by the filmmaker, and I was tremendously inspired by Ridley,” Washington said about agreeing to star in the “Gladiator” sequel.
It helped that Washington already had a great rapport with Scott from their time making 2007’s “American Gangster” together.
The actor said: “We had a great go-round the first go-round and here we are. He’s engaged. He’s excited about life and his next film.
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