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Spike Lee Says A$AP Rocky Held His Own with Denzel Washington in New Movie: They ‘Go Toe-to-Toe’

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  • Spike Lee said A$AP Rocky goes “toe-to-toe” with Denzel Washington in upcoming film, Highest 2 Lowest
  • The film is based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 Japanese-language film High and Low
  • The rapper will play Washington’s son

Spike Lee is praising A$AP Rocky’s acting skills.

While appearing on the Thursday, July 31, episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Lee, 68, said, “Yeah, don’t sleep on A$AP. In this film, Denzel and A$AP go toe-to-toe.”

“What’s interesting is, even before I got involved with this film, I always thought that A$AP looked like he could be Denzel’s son,” the Oscar-winning director continued. “There’s a big resemblance. So when you see it on the screen, it adds an element of father and son.”

Lee then revealed that he has seen other actors feel a lot of pressure when working with Denzel Washington, but that A$AP, 36, held his own. “Don’t sleep on A$AP,” he began. “I’ve done five films with Denzel, and a lot of times when he’s in a scene with somebody, they just get overwhelmed. He’s one of the greatest living actors today, but A$AP wasn’t having that. Toe-to-toe, I mean, they were going at it.”

Highest 2 Lowest is a neo-noir crime thriller based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 Japanese-language film High and Low, which was in turn based on the 1959 novel King’s Ransom by Ed McBain.

The rapper plays Washington’s son in the New York City-set film. The character is an aspiring rapper, while Washington runs a successful record label, Stackin Hits, and is the heir to Quincy Jones, per Billboard.

The film will also star Ice Spice, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Potts, Dean Winters, Jensen McRae, and more.

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Highest 2 Lowest hits theaters on Aug. 22, before the film will be available to stream on AppleTV+ on Sept. 5.

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