John David Washington on Zendaya’s Versatility and Why He ‘Desperately Needed’ to Make ‘Malcolm & Marie’

John David Washington has been one of the hottest talents in the past few years.

The 36-year-old actor emerged on the scene in a major way with Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for best actor.

With “Malcolm & Marie,” he doesn’t just cement his placement in the Hollywood industry as one of our most gifted actors working today, but also takes up the responsibility as a producer.This year, Washington took on the action genre with Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet,” and is now bookmarking his enduring year with a tense and career-best turn opposite Zendaya in Sam Levinson’s relationship drama.

It’s a turn that has put him in the thick of a very competitive Oscar race for best actor.

If nominated, he would be the second Black producer to be nominated for acting and best picture,

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