Denzel Washington may pay a go to to Wakanda earlier than closing out his illustrious performing profession. And he has an itinerary filled with movies to go with that journey.
Showing on an Australian speak present this week, the two-time Oscar winner confirmed a possible improvement in Marvel’s “Black Panther” franchise, saying that “Black Panther 3” shall be among the many closing tasks he takes on earlier than retiring.
The “Glory” and “Training Day” star mentioned that director Ryan Coogler — who helmed and co-wrote the 2018 Marvel blockbuster and its 2022 sequel, “Wakanda Forever” — is writing Washington a bespoke half in a possible third installment. He broached the topic when saying he felt no trepidation about working with Ridley Scott on the upcoming “Gladiator II” movie.
“For me it’s about the filmmaker, especially at this point in my career. I’m only interested in working with the best,” Washington mentioned on Australia’s “Today.” “I don’t know how many more films I’m going to make. It’s probably not that many. I want to do things I haven’t done.”
The 69-year-old actor, to be seen subsequent in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II,” outlined what’s left for him on the performing aspect.
“I played Othello at 22. I am about to play Othello at 70,” he mentioned, referring to the 2025 Broadway manufacturing of the tragedy co-starring Jake Gyllenhaal. “After that, I’m playing Hannibal. After that, I’ve been talking to Steve McQueen about a film. After that, Ryan Coogler is writing a part for me in the next ‘Black Panther.’ After that, I’m going to do the film ‘Othello.’ After that, I’m going to do King Lear. After that, I’m going to retire.”
Marvel has but to announce a 3rd “Black Panther” movie, not to mention Coogler’s involvement in one other installment of the favored franchise. Representatives for Disney and Coogler didn’t instantly reply Tuesday to The Occasions’ requests for remark.
Washington was already not directly concerned in “Black Panther’s” success, in accordance with its late star, Chadwick Boseman. The T’Challa actor revealed that Washington performed a consequential function in its making: paying Boseman’s tuition for summer season performing lessons at Oxford College.
“There is no ‘Black Panther’ without Denzel Washington,” Boseman mentioned in 2019 when he helped honor Washington with an AFI Life Achievement Award.
“And not just because of me. But my whole cast, that generation, stands on your shoulders,” he continued. “The daily battles won, the thousand territories gained, the many sacrifices you made for the culture on film sets through your career, the things you refused to compromise along the way lay the blueprints for us to follow. So now, let he who has watered be watered. Let he who has given be given to.”
Boseman, who died from colon most cancers in 2020, mentioned that it was an honor to know, study from and take part that work with Washington.
