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Dirk Libbey

Turns Out The Equalizer Franchise Considered De-Aging Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington in The Equalizer 3

Over the last several years we have seen CGI technology progress to the point that it can do a remarkably good job making actors look significantly younger than they actually are. We tend to see the tech used in big blockbuster movies that already have a lot of digital effects, but it turns out that director Antoine Fuqua has been considering using the technology on Denzel Washington for the Equalizer franchise.

We meet Denzel Washington’s character Robert McCall in the first Equalizer movie after he has already retired from his professional life. While we get some information about who he was when he was younger, there’s still a lot that we don’t know about how he became the man he is. With The Equalizer 3 release date set for September, we're set to know how the story will end, but what about the beginning? Antoine Fuqua recently told NME that he is curious about McCall’s past, and he has even had conversations with the franchise screenwriter about what that story might be. He explained…

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