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Director Spike Lee has walked back his declaration that Highest 2 Lowest will be his last collaboration with Denzel Washington.<\/p>\n
During a press conference for the movie at the Cannes Film Festival in May, the Do the Right Thing director revealed that Highest 2 Lowest, their fifth collaboration, would probably be their last.<\/p>\n
However, when asked about the comment at the film’s New York premiere on Monday, Lee walked back his remark and kept the door open for future collaborations.<\/p>\n
“I said that before, but I got my mind right,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “I’m open to work with Denzel Washington and this not be the last film of the dynamic duo, D and Lee.”<\/p>\n
Before Highest 2 Lowest, Lee and Washington previously worked together on Mo’ Better Blues, Malcolm X, He Got Game and Inside Man, which came out almost 20 years ago.<\/p>\n
During the press conference, Lee stated, “I think this is it – five. He’s been talking about retirement, so… Even though he just did another deal. I thought you said you were retired Denzel, what’s up?! But those five films together, those stand up.”<\/p>\n
In their new neo-noir crime thriller, an English-language reimagining of the Japanese film High and Low, Washington plays a music mogul who becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped by mistake.<\/p>\n
Lee explained to the publication that the Training Day actor brought his attention to the project.<\/p>\n
“(He) had gotten the property and he sent it to me; he said, ‘Spike read the script. If you like, let’s go.’ I read it right away, called him up, I think the next day and said, ‘Let’s go.’ It happened like that,” he shared.<\/p>\n
Highest 2 Lowest, also starring Jeffrey Wright and A$AP Rocky, will be released on Apple TV+ on 5 September after a limited theatrical run.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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