Denzel Washington seems to be having the time of his life through the press run for “Highest 2 Lowest.”
Throughout a current sit-down with GQ with A$AP Rocky and Spike Lee, the 70-year-old actor didn’t simply steal the present; he actually stole one thing.
Whereas the trio talked, Washington reached over and jokingly took Rocky’s Rolex proper off his wrist and slipped it on his personal as casually as ever.
Rocky cried out, “Yo! I’m getting robbed by Denzel proper now,” whereas Spike Lee added with a smile that Rocky would possibly by no means get it again if it match.
As destiny would have it, the watch match Denzel completely, as he flashed it on the digital camera with a devilish grin.
Then got here the moment dad-joke basic. Rocky famous that all through his “entire life,” his mom would gass him up by saying he regarded like Washington. She is way from the one one who sees the resemblance, as many followers have additionally highlighted it.
With out lacking a beat, Denzel shot again, “Mother, ought to we inform him?” sending each Rocky and Spike into laughter.
A$AP additionally shared a heartwarming anecdote in regards to the first time he met Washington almost a decade in the past. Throughout the Christmas vacation in 2016, A$AP Rocky discovered himself on the Washingtons’ household residence. After assembly the veteran actor, introducing him to his then-girlfriend, and giving a noncommittal reply about what they have been, Washington stated one thing that caught with him.
“[In] just a few years, you realize you must get it collectively,” he stated.
Directed by Lee, “Highest 2 Lowest” is a dynamic crime thriller that reimagines Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 basic “Excessive and Low” in modern-day New York. Within the movie, Washington stars as David King, a robust music mogul whose world unravels when he turns into entangled in a kidnapping and ransom plot.
In the meantime, A$AP performs Yung Felon, a streetwise hustler whose path collides with King’s in explosive methods. The solid additionally options Jeffrey Wright as the motive force of Washington’s character, Ilfenesh Hadera as King’s spouse, Pam, and Ice Spice, making her big-screen debut in a breakout supporting position.
The movie premiered at Cannes in Might 2025, opened in choose U.S. theaters on Aug. 15, and can start streaming on Apple TV+ on Sept. 5, 2025. Along with rave evaluations from critics and moviegoers alike, Rocky is already producing early Oscar buzz for his flip as Yung Felon, with some calling it a career-defining efficiency.
