The Stanley Kubrick movie Denzel Washington turned down

[Neuromancer]

Mannnnn him and Morgan would have murk that movie , and with a prime Spacey too

Would have completely killed it.

 

[Neuromancer]

Denzel is one of those performers who I have zero regrets or issues with how his career went.

40 years of sustained excellence but for me that ‘03 - ‘07 run was special (Out of Time, Man On Fire, Manchurian Candidate, Inside Man, De Ja Vu, American Gangster…)

You just didn’t get many depictions of grown swagged out well educated black men on the big screen (or any screen) dealing with “important” shyt outside of broke hood beef.

I give Wesley and Will credit too, tho Wesley’s off camera issues and Will’s on-camera choices (that Hancock twist ruined a much needed black superhero IP), made me feel they didn’t maximize their lane like Washington did his.

Watch Denzel in MacBeth. He's damn brilliant.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Would have completely killed it.

"I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN TO ME LIKE I AM A 3RD GRADER SON, WHATS IN THE MOTHERfukkING BOX"

Spacey: "Your wife's head"

 

[Silver Surfer]

Mike Clayton was a great movie!

 

[904]

Both movies are classics. I find myself watching Usual Suspects more. I'm not sure if Hollywood would have kept Morgan Freeman if Denzel decided to play the Pitt role. In 1995, I dont see that happening, and if not who? Anthony Hopkins? Sutherland? Connery?

Of course not lol

I think I read somewhere the other lead would've been Val Kilmer.. I might be wrong but there is an article out there stating who they were considering with Denzel

 

[Ziggiy]

Mannnnn him and Morgan would have murk that movie , and with a prime Spacey too

They probably wouldn’t have cast Morgan Freeman if Denzel took that role just like people get on Will Smith for turning down The Matrix but there’s no way Laurence Fishburne would have been cast. Hollywood had a strict “One lead nikka Per Film” quota back then.

 

[MostReal]

Michael Clayton is the one that hurts because he could've nailed the Clooney, Wilkinson, or Swindon roles.

Clooney killed this scene, but can you imagine Denzel doing this? It'd be up there with his best.