Denzel Washington can bring with it his version of ”Oops“To the screen.
Washington stars next to it Jake Gyllenhaal In the Broadway game, which has been in previews since February 24. “Othello” opened March 23 and goes through June 8th. The game already broke the record For the highest weekly gross ever by earning $ 2.8 million during its second week. Now, director Kenny Leon teases that the historical Shakespeare recounts can lead to one film.
Told Leon Hollywood Reporter That it has “absolutely” been conversation with Washington about adapting the piece to a function. Leon has previously collaborated with Washington on two other theater pieces, “A Raisin in the Sun” and “Fences”, which Washington since later directed the film version. When asked if Gyllenhaal would also potentially repeat his role for an “Othello” movie, Leon said, “I hope so, absolutely, that’s what I would hope would happen.”
Leon’s “Othello” is located in “The Close Future”, with Iago (Gyllenhaal) that manipulates the titular Othello (Washington) to believe that his wife, Desdemona (Molly Osborne), has a deal. This is the first Broadway production of “Othello” in more than 40 years, although Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo were participated in a staging at the New York Theater Workshop Off-Broadway between 2016 and 2017.
“It’s important for today because in 100 years we still have to do with ourselves. Humanity is still struggling with itself,” Leon said. “This paragraph is about pure love but what happens to pure love when there are rumors and lies and jealousy. And everything that is at the right time for every generation.”
He added that a game and a movie are “two different art forms” but the story of “Othello” will have “the same truth” in both form. “We are trying to get this up first,” Leon said about the piece.
The Amount The review quoted the respective star power in Washington and Gyllenhaal on stage. “These scenes use all 70 of Washington’s years on earth, as he faces Desdemona and speaks to an authority that his incorrect beliefs have not served,” the review reads. The Washingtonian authority shows the production’s a big idea – to place two big stars in the middle of the stage and trust that their talent and charisma will carry the day. And for the most part, they do not make fans of Washington or Gyllenhaal will leave disappointed in the actors. Leon lets his two stars cook, but has not stored production with anything with what they do anything. ”
Washington recently led another Shakespeare -Filman Pass, Joel Coens 2021 feature “Macbeth’s tragedy.” He’s coming the next star in Spike Lee “Highest 2 lowest.”
“Othello” has been brought to the screen in the past, most (i) famous with 1965 version who played Laurence Olivier as a titular character. Olivier received an Oscar nomination for his performance; But he was in Blackface to play Othello.
