John David Washington’s turn to acting was a big surprise to his father. In the new Esquire, the former football player and “Tenet” star reveals that he didn’t tell his famous father, Denzel Washington, that he was pursuing an acting career until he landed a role in the HBO series “Ballers”.
RELATED: Christopher Nolan Reveals He Bought A Real 747 Jet To Destroy In ‘Tenet’ “There was disbelief,” John said. Denzel apparently “kept asking questions like ‘For HBO?
Like Home Box Office Entertainment? Who? Really? But what’s it called? The Rock?’ He just kept asking questions like ‘Is this real?’ I guess he had to check it with his agents to make sure it was real, and he was happy for me, and then he said exactly what I was going to do anyway,
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