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Denzel Washington Says He Doesn’t Watch Movies or Go to Theaters in GQ Talk

The remarks coincide with promotion for Spike Lee’s New York remake Highest 2 Lowest, due on Apple TV+ in early September following a Cannes debut.

Overview

  • Washington said in a GQ conversation with Spike Lee and A$AP Rocky that he does not watch films and does not go to the cinema.
  • He added that he rarely views his own work after filming and suggested he has had enough of movies.
  • Highest 2 Lowest, their new collaboration, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May and is scheduled to stream on Apple TV+ in early September.
  • The film marks the fifth Washington–Lee partnership and reimagines Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 thriller High and Low in New York.
  • Washington recently downplayed the value of awards, saying he does not make films for Oscars, and he received an honorary Palme at Cannes.