Spike Lee opened recently about Oscar de Denzel Washington for his role in his role in Malcolm X.
During a Cannes press conference for your new film Higher 2 lower On Tuesday, May 20, the 68 -year -old American film director shed light on his five collaborations with the Oscar -winning actor and emphasized that he should have received an Oscar in 1993 for his representation of Malcolm x In the 1992 dramatic film of the same name instead of Al Pacino for its performance in Aroma of a woman.
Speaking of Washington, Lee joked: “‘Malcolm X’, what he did with that film was incredible. And he did not miss my brother to the Pacino, I love him. But Denzel, in my opinion, should have won.”
Although the Gladiator 2 Star finally received an Oscar in 2002 for the 2001 crime thriller movie Training dayhe Within man The director clarified that Washington does not need prizes to demonstrate his greatness.
“With these awards, it’s like basketball, where the referee blows a call and you have to make a call. So, the call, I think it was the ‘training day’, for which he won an Oscar. But we do not do our work for awards, which are pleasant, but it is the work that will be on all the awards,” Lee said in his conclusive comments.
