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Denzel Washington Opens Up About Starring in ‘Gladiator 2’ as His Retirement Approaches · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Az A. Washington revealed recently that his decades long acting
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Speaker 2: career is near its end, but he might walk away
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Speaker 2: with one more Oscar before he does. The buzz around
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Speaker 2: his upcoming Gladiator Too instantly propelled him into the conversation.
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Speaker 2: Even though the Ridley Scott epic might end up being
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Speaker 2: one of his last films, he went all in with
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Speaker 2: his performance, and he tells a Hollywood reporter that wasn't
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Speaker 2: very hard considering the inspiring world Ridley literally built just
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Speaker 2: for the production. Denzel says, when you would walk around
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Speaker 2: set you were in Rome, it seemed like there were
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Speaker 2: ten thousand extras and horses. It was pure make believe.
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Speaker 2: It was play. It was fun. I just put the
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Speaker 2: gear on, put the dress on, and go. That's the
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Speaker 2: way I look at it. I'm putting this dress on,
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Speaker 2: these rings on, and I'm going crazy. The words a
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Speaker 2: Denzel Washington, who could pick up an Oscar for Gladiator
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Speaker 2: two in theaters in November.
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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.