The 1988 role Denzel Washington wanted to play forever

The 1988 role Denzel Washington wanted to play forever

When Denzel Washington started his career, there were movie actors, and there were TV actors. He was always destined to be the former, but he had to bide his time as the latter before making the jump. It wasn’t until the ‘Golden Age’ of episodic storytelling kicked in at around the turn of the millennium that the goalposts were finally moved. Previously, young actors used television as a stepping stone to cinema, and those who went the other way…