Denzel Washington wasn't supposed to say his potential position in Black Panther 3 — and he referred to as director Ryan Coogler to apologize for letting the cat out of the bag.

"I referred to as him the opposite day. I forgot what it was about — no, I referred to as him to apologize," Washington stated in a brand new interview on the Variety Awards Circuit podcast. "That's proper. I referred to as him. I stated, 'I'm sorry, man.' He's like, 'No, man, it's all good.' I FaceTimed, and proper there subsequent to him was his girl. They had been enhancing. They had been hanging out."

Washington stated he hasn't heard an replace in regards to the subsequent installment of superhero franchise, and made it sound as if plans for the movie are rather less concrete than he'd initially implied. "I don't know what he's received cooking for me," he stated. "I like Ryan, as a result of he's like, he gained't say issues. 'You realize what I'm saying? Like, you already know what I'm saying?' Nicely, not less than that's when he talks to me. It's like, 'You realize what I'm saying?'"

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"I'm like, 'No, I don't know what you're saying, Ryan, say it!'" Washington continued. "'Nicely, like, you already know what I'm saying? I'm doing a Black Panther.' That's how he sounds, proper? 'Yeah, you already know what I'm saying?' And like, I'm like, 'Man, are you kidding me? Simply write it! No matter you write, I'll do it.'"

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The Gladiator II star spilled the beans on the still-unannounced Black Panther 3 whereas discussing his slate of upcoming initiatives just lately, noting that he had "in all probability not that many" films left to shoot throughout an interview with Australia's Immediately present final month. "I've been speaking with Steve McQueen a few movie," he stated. "After that, Ryan Coogler's writing an element for me within the subsequent Black Panther. After that, I'm gonna do the movie Othello. After that, I'm gonna do King Lear. After that, I'm gonna retire."

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The actor shared particulars about just a few extra of his initiatives throughout the Selection podcast. "I'm ready for him," Washington stated of McQueen. "No matter he says, you already know. I stated, 'You go forward and name me if you're prepared.'"

Washington additionally stated he's laborious at work on overseeing an adaptation of August Wilson's play Joe Turner's Come and Gone. "I've talked with [Laurence Fishburne] and a pair different folks and that's all," he stated of the casting course of. "Plenty of nice actors to select from."

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The actor added that he hasn't considered the completed reduce of his subsequent movie, Spike Lee's reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa's Excessive and Low, which has been known as Highest 2 Lowest, High and Low Man, and easily High and Low in varied stories. "I haven't seen it but," he stated. "I'm going to see it this week after I go to New York." (The Selection interview befell in November, so it's possible the actor has seen the completed film at this level.)

He reiterated that his retirement will come finally, but it surely isn't proper across the nook. "Not tomorrow," he stated. "We're all retiring."