Denzel Washington Pays Tribute to James Earl Jones: ‘He Was Who I Wanted to Be’

Denzel Washington is paying homage to the late actor James Earl Jones, who died this week at 93. “He’s my hero,” Washington tells Variety. “My college theater career started because of ‘The Emperor Jones’ and ‘Othello’ with James Earl Jones.” Jones starred in the stage adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s play “The Emperor Jones” in 1971 […]
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