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Nearly two decades later,Denzel WashingtonandDakota Fanningare ready for another go.
When Fanning, 28,confirmed her casting news back in June, she reacted on Instagram and called Washington, 67, a “legend”: “My gratitude to share the screen once again with the legend of all legends is endless. Can’t wait.”
Her actress sister, actress Elle Fanning, shared a message on her own page, writing, “The reunion to beat all reunions!!!!”
InMan on Fire, Fanning played a 9-year-old named Lupita Ramos relying on her former-CIA bodyguard John W. Creasy (Washington) to rescue her after she’s kidnapped. It also starred Christopher Walken, Radha Mitchell, Marc Anthony and Mickey Rourke.
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Washington plays Robert McCall in theEqualizermovies, a retired agent who is pulled back into dangerous missions. The first hit theaters in 2014 and a second in 2018.
Hetold Colliderearlier this year about prepping to return to the action franchise after his Oscar-nominated turn inThe Tragedy of Macbeth, “I gotta get in shape and start beating people up again. I get to beat people up again.The Tragedy of Macbethand then going and beating some people up — can’t get any better, right?”
Back in 2004, while promotingMan on Fire, Washington praised Fanning and her acting skills, even at that young of an age.
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“She’s a sweetheart, as you’ll see if you’ve talked to her already. She’s a bright young woman and she’s just a joy to be around. You can’t not like her,” hetold IGN at the time. “Dakota is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. And that’s what we were doing together: acting. I don’t know what a ‘child actor’ is. She’s an actor who’s a child.”
At that same time, a young Fanning told the outlet that Washington “was so nice and I couldn’t wait to see him every day.” She added, “I want to be like him one day.”
Equalizer 3is in theaters Sept. 1, 2023.
source: people.com
