If you were an A-list director in the industry and had to choose just one actor to carry your movie, who would it be? Familiar names that would probably get mentioned would include Daniel Day-Lewis, Joaquin Phoenix, Christian Bale, Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Adam Driver, Gary Oldman and, of course, Denzel Washington.
And so, is it any surprise that Alfonso Cuaron, Paul Thomas Anderson and Steve McQueen, three filmmakers who made my list of the 10 best living directors recently, have contacted Denzel for potential future projects? Denzel is nearing 70 years of age but is still a ferocious on-screen presence.
Washington spoke on the red carpet of Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” about his insistence to now work only with the best auteurs out there and namechecked PTA, Cuaron and McQueen as directors he’s currently speaking to for future projects.