Denzel Washington showed off his sillier side in Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing, making us wish the actor would do more comedy movies.
The Big Picture While Denzel Washington is certainly one of the most iconic movie stars of all-time, he’s just as active on the stage as he is in new movies. Washington has earned almost as many accolades for his work in theater as he has for his film performances, and like any great actor, he knows his way around the work of William Shakespeare.
Washington is an actor who has always been very conscious of his own image; he selects roles that earn him the respect that he most certainly deserves. If Washington had chosen to adopt a similarly outlandish performance to the ones that Branagh and Leonard were delivering, it may have prevented the audience from believing him in future dramatic work. It was necessary for Washington to distinguish himself, which makes sense considering the context of the story.
This faux gravity that Don Pedro carries himself with becomes even funnier amidst his interactions with the city’s long serving constable, Dogberry . Keaton is playing Dogberry as an absolute buffoon, yet Don Pedro treats him as a voice of legal authority. The drastic differences between Keaton’s wackiness and Washington’s intensity becomes increasingly hilarious. Washington acts as if Don Pedro treats Dogberry as he would any other member of law enforcement.
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