Denzel Washington candidly reveals the only time he’s ever been ‘starstruck’

Gladiator II prima Denzel Washington shared the lone clip helium felt starstruck by different histrion during his quality connected The One Show

Denzel Washington is wide considered to beryllium 1 of the top actors successful cinema history, but adjacent helium tin get a small startruck.

The Oscar-winning histrion portrays the manipulative slave-owner Macrinus successful the upcoming blockbuster Gladiator II and appeared connected The One Show contiguous (Tuesday, November 12) to beforehand the highly-anticipated release.

Appearing connected the amusement with his co-stars Paul Mescal and Connie Nielsen, helium avoided referring to his analyzable quality arsenic “scheming”, alternatively agreeing with impermanent presenter Clara Amfo that he’s simply “resourceful”.

Looking backmost connected his unthinkable career, which spans six decades connected signifier and screens, Washington revealed he’s seldom fazed by his different co-stars’ fame.

“I don’t deliberation so, that I tin remember,” helium shared.

However, peering mode backmost to his archetypal movie relation successful the 1981 drama Carbon Copy, helium shared his acquisition moving with an Oscar-nominated actor.

“The archetypal movie I ever did was with George Segal,” helium recalled. “But, by the clip I got onto the acceptable I had done truthful galore auditions with him.”

Although helium ne'er got the privilege to enactment alongside the adjacent prima helium brought up, helium couldn’t assistance feeling the unit erstwhile helium met an acclaimed histrion from cinema history.

“I didn’t enactment with him, but gathering Sidney Poitier…” helium reminisced. “I decidedly was starstruck.

“Because helium was benignant of the Northern Star for maine arsenic a young, Black actor. He was the lone 1 that… if helium made it, I possibly had a chance.”

Washington’s quality connected the BBC speech amusement came blistery connected the heels of a bombshell announcement from the Hollywood star.

Speaking with Today, the Training Day and Malcolm X icon shared that he’s readying to discontinue aft his adjacent harvest of films.

“I don't cognize however galore much films I'm going to make,” helium shared. “Probably not that many. I privation to bash things I haven't done. I've played Othello astatine 22, I'm astir to play Othello astatine 70. After that I'm playing Hannibal [the humanities warfare general].

“After that I've been talking with Steve McQueen astir a film. After that Ryan Coogler's penning a portion for maine successful the adjacent Black Panther.

“After that I'm going to bash the movie Othello. After that I'm going to bash King Lear. After that I'm going to retire.”

He’s besides signed connected to manager Spike Lee’s remake of Akira Kurosawa’s classical transgression movie High and Low, truthful fans of the prima tin remainder assured helium inactive has plentifulness of caller projects successful the works earlier helium bows out.

The One Show airs weekdays astatine 7:00pm connected BBC One.

Gladiator II is successful cinemas from Friday, December 15.