Denzel Washington portrays one in all William Shakespeare’s most well-known characters in The Tragedy of Macbeth, a brand new adaptation of a 400-year-old play the Oscar-winning actor says he had by no means seen staged earlier than.
Hollywood star performs the lead in Joel Coen’s black-and-white movie in regards to the tragedy of a Scottish normal who’s murdered by his spouse to achieve the throne.
Fellow Oscar winner Frances McDormand performs Lady Macbeth in a movie like Stage.
“It just happens because fate would have it, I’ve never seen it. I wasn’t avoiding it. I just didn’t see it,” Washington informed Reuters in an interview.
“I was lucky that Joel and Fran and I got together about a year before shooting and we started reading scenes together. We got to get into the material and ask questions and pounce on each other and act a little bit. Have to do and see how we all work together.”
From Peter O’Toole and Ian McKellen to James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, a protracted record of actors have performed the lead in Macbeth, which is believed to have first appeared within the early 1600s.
“That’s the pressure, huh? Can you imagine that—someone walks (and says) ‘Look, this has been a great play for 400 years. Don’t mess it up. Good luck,'” stated Washington, who beforehand wrote Shakespeare’s had starred in a manufacturing of Othello, joked.
“I didn’t feel that pressure. It was going to be a good play, whether I messed it up or not. It will go on and it’s open to interpretation. That’s the great thing about Shakespeare. It did it all the way.” Do what you may. So that was Joel’s thought.”
Macbeth, referred to as The Scottish Play, is surrounded by superstition, with Washington saying he “didn’t pay much attention to it”. “The list is very long. Every day there is one more thing you shouldn’t be doing or something.”
The Tragedy of Macbeth, which has garnered rave evaluations from critics, will launch on Friday on Apple TV Plus.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
