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 Denzel Washington
Interview By: Freddie LaFemina
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Theatergoers will likely spend much of their viewing experience during Spike Lee’s Inside Man scratching their heads. But the crucial question that they will be asking themselves as they exit the theater will surely be, ‘How does Denzel Washington pull off that signature swagger?’ “I get up in the morning and do swagger exercises,” Washington says jokingly. Given the fact that Washington has portrayed cops quite often in his acting career, one wonders how he prepared for a now familiar role, this time as a detective who is faced with his first real opportunity to manage a crisis in progress after a gang of masked criminals take control of a bank. This is also yet another time that Washington finds himself playing the good guy. Does he think much about his own hand in cultivating a sort of ‘good guy niche?’ “I haven’t created that niche, I just play the parts, and maybe people say that, but it’s not any plan. I just play parts,” Washington says innocently. If anything, Washington has found his greatest success playing a villain, the crooked though complicated detective Alonzo Harris in Training Day. That role landed him an Oscar. While many said that the role wasn’t his best, Washington acknowledges what often happens with awards – “I do think that sometimes you’re awarded something over here when you should’ve won over there.” He adds, “I don’t think that’s new with me.” Now the recipient of two Oscars, Washington is unfazed and quite unconcerned with Hollywood and awards. He doesn’t really get to the movies that often, and he didn’t watch the Academy Awards, though he insists he is “happy for the people who won.” Washington seems very much interested in focusing on the craft of acting and on doing projects that he feels are worthy, regardless of what others might think. As for his current role in Inside Man, “part of the reason I liked the idea of doing the film is that it was very wordy.” He thought, “Wow, this guy talks a lot,” and envisioned the project as a sort of “Shakespeare goes to the street or something like that,” a feeling no doubt influenced by his stint on Broadway playing Brutus in Julius Caesar. While he didn’t have much time for specific research – “I was doing [Julius Caesar], and I had a whole five days off before rehearsal,” he says – Washington was still able to spend a little bit of time with New York City detectives. Truth be told, “I did most of my research listening to my driver, who was from Brooklyn. It’s just a feeling and a vibe that living in California I just don’t get,” Washington says before adding, “I don’t know what I’m doin’ out ... |
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