Spike Lee spoke warmly of his long-time working relationship and friendship with Denzel Washington in a dialog on the Red Sea Movie Competition on Tuesday.
Lee is at the moment in post-production on Highest 2 Lowest, his newest collaboration with Washington, and their fifth movie collectively after Mo’ Higher Blues, Malcolm X, He Received Game and Inside Man.
“Somebody identified to me that the final time we labored collectively was 18 years in the past. I used to be stunned as a result of it didn’t really feel that manner. I’m very blessed to have accomplished 5 movies collectively, he’s arguably the most effective actor on the planet,” he mentioned.
Lee, who additionally forged Washington’s son John David Washington’s son in BlacKkKlansman, advised he shared a particular bond with the actor.
“We’re brothers,” he mentioned. “We simply do our factor. We’re accustomed to each other… our households are very tight.”
Speaking about their collaboration in Malcolm X, Lee described Washington’s interpretation of the long-lasting human rights activist as “the most effective efficiency in a biopic ever” and raised a spherical of applause from the viewers.
He then gave shout-out to actor’s latest nomination for Gladiator 2, asking: “Has anybody seen Gladiator 2?”
Lee is on the Saudi Arabian movie pageant because the president of the jury for major Yusr Awards competitors targeted on movies by rising skills from the Center East, African and Asia.
He’s is amongst a raft of stars attending the occasion’s fourth version alongside Michael Mann, Michael Douglas, Michelle Yeoh, Catherine Zeta–Jones, Eva Longoria, Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jeremy Renner.
It’s Lee’s third go to to the nation, having beforehand attended the pageant in 2022 and likewise filmed scenes of his 1992 Oscar-nominated biopic Malcolm X in Mecca.
