Overview

• The project extends a 35-year creative partnership that has included Malcolm X, He Got Game and Inside Man.
• Denzel Washington plays David King, a powerful music executive drawn into a kidnapping plot set in contemporary New York.
• A$AP Rocky appears as Young Felon, with Lee defending the choice as a serious acting turn capable of standing opposite Washington.
• Lee has publicly called Washington the “greatest living actor” and says he grants him latitude to improvise on set.
• Both Lee and Washington express skepticism about artificial intelligence in creative work, emphasizing the primacy of human emotion and experience.