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Few Movies About Denzel Washington Explains Why He Accepted His Role in Gladiator 2
Is Denzel Washington almost done with big-screen acting? In a new interview with Empire magazine to promote his role in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2,” the two-time Oscar winner admitted that the upcoming sword-and-sandals epic was one of the few films left to be made that still interested him. Washington didn’t say how many more of those roles there are.
“There are very few films left that I can make that I'm interested in, and I have to be inspired by the filmmaker, and I was hugely inspired by Ridley,” Washington said of agreeing to star in the “Gladiator” sequel.
It helped that Washington had already had a good rapport with Scott since they made 2007's "American Gangster" together. The actor said, "We had a great first round and now we're here. He's engaged. He's excited about life and his next movie. He's an inspiration. We should all want to feel that way at 86."
