Denzel Washington talks about retirement and role in ‘Black Panther 3’ : NPR

Denzel Washington is retiring after his subsequent few tasks, he stated in a current interview.

He’s presently on a promo run for his function in Gladiator II, which releases in theaters this month. The Academy Award-winning actor stated on the Australian model of the As we speak present that he has a number of extra roles left earlier than he withdraws from the performing world.

“For me, it is concerning the filmmaker, particularly at this level in my profession,” stated Washington, who’s 69. “I am solely focused on working with the very best. I do not know what number of extra movies I am gonna make — in all probability not that many. I need to do issues I have not completed.”

He’s gearing as much as play Shakespeare’s Othello on Broadway for the second time. (He first landed the function when he was 22). Then, he’ll play Othello for a 3rd time in a movie adaptation, play the characters Hannibal and King Lear in separate tasks and have a task within the third Black Panther film. A 3rd Black Panther film has not but been confirmed.

“After that, I am gonna retire,” he stated.