Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest is about to hit theaters on August 22. In assist of the upcoming movie, the legendary director sat down on The Tonight Present on Thursday (July 31). Throughout his interview with host Jimmy Fallon, Lee praised A$AP Rocky’s appearing capacity and mentioned he held his personal reverse Denzel Washington on the set of the crime thriller.
“Yeah, don’t sleep on A$AP. On this movie, Denzel and A$AP go toe-to-toe,” Lee instructed Fallon. “What’s attention-grabbing is, even earlier than I obtained concerned with this movie, I all the time thought that A$AP regarded like he might be Denzel’s son. There’s an enormous resemblance. So if you see it on the display, it provides a component of father and son.”
Having labored on a number of motion pictures with Washington, Lee recalled instances he’s seen actors not know learn how to deal with being in scenes with the Oscar winner. “I’ve executed 5 movies with Denzel, and plenty of instances when he’s in a scene with any individual, they simply get overwhelmed. He’s one of many best dwelling actors at present, however A$AP wasn’t having that. Toe-to-toe, I imply, they have been going at it.” Washington and Lee’s artistic partnership goes again to 1990, with the cult traditional movie Mo’ Higher Blues.
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Highest 2 Lowest is described as a “reinterpretation” of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 traditional noir Excessive and Low. Produced by A24 and Apple, the movie finds Rocky taking part in Washington’s son, a personality named Yung Felony. It’s set in New York Metropolis. Rocky’s character is an aspiring rapper, whereas Washington’s runs a revered document label, Stackin Hits.
Highest 2 Lowest premiered at Cannes Movie Pageant in Could, and acquired acclaim there. As of writing, it has an 89% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie can have a short theatrical run starting on August 22, earlier than heading to Apple TV+ on September 5.
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