Denzel Washington Starts Twitter Campaign to Be the Next James Bond!

We know Denzel Washington can take on any role that comes his way. And now, we just may get a chance to see him in the iconic role of British secret agent James Bond!

The actor pondered the possibility of taking on Agent 007 during a Reddit AMA last week in which he ws promoting his newest project, 'The Equalizer.'

When asked the question "Would you be interested in being the next James Bond?" Washington gushed: "The next James Bond? They better hurry up! Yes I would! Who's doing James Bond now..Daniel Craig! Did they shoot another one? Everybody should tweet Denzel is James Bond! Send it to the studio! We start the Denzel is Bond campaign today!"

Within minutes, #DenzelIsJamesBond blew up the Twitter universe, as the actor's fans rallied to the cause. While the idea seems to be resonating with movie goers, they may just have to wait a bit longer to see their action hero take on the role. Daniel Craig is slated for his fourth outing as Bond in the next installment, hitting theaters next fall. Washington may also face competition from rising star Idris Elba, also rumored in consideration to be the first black British spy.

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Washington made his film debut in 1981 with the comedy Carbon Copy, but he first became popular thanks to playing Dr. Philip Chandler in the television series St. Elsewhere, a role he would play for six years. At the same time, his film career began to take precedence thanks to the film by Norman Jewison, (A Soldier's Story, 1984), and to his performances in (For Queen and Country, 1988) and (Cry Freedom, 1987), a film which earned him his first Oscar nomination as best supporting actor.

He established himself with Edward Zwick's film, (Glory, 1989), which earned him the Oscar for best supporting actor. Washington then began to work with some of the most important contemporary directors: Mira Nair(Mississippi Masala, 1991), Spike Lee (Mo' Better Blues, 1990; Malcolm X, 1992), Kenneth Branagh (Much Ado About Nothing, 1993), Alan J. Pakula (The Pelican Brief, 1993), Jonathan Demme (Philadelphia, 1993) or Tony Scott (Crimson Tide 1995), among many others. In a solid career that stretches out over more than three decades, Washington has also starred in films directed by Ridley Scott (American Gangster, 2007), Robert Zemeckis (Flight, 2012), as well as later films by Norman Jewison (The Hurricane, 1999), Jonathan Demme (The Manchurian Candidate, 2004) and Spike Lee (He Got Game, 1998; Inside Man, 2006).

In 2001, his performance as the violent policeman Alonzo Harris in Antoine Fuqua's film, Training Day, earned Washington the Oscar for best actor, a second statuette that came on top of another three nominations for best actor for Malcolm X, The Hurricane and Flight. He has won two Golden Globes (as best supporting actor for Glory and best actor for The Hurricane), and he has been nominated for this award on another five occasions. His talent has also been recognised at the Berlin Film Festival, where he won the Silver Bear for best actor in 1993 for Malcolm X and in 2000 for The Hurricane. In 2010 he also won the prestigious Tony Award for the play Fences, and he has won the Black Reel Award five times, an award that acknowledges the work of Afro-Americans in cinema. Among the numerous prizes and awards that he has received throughout his career, honorary awards such as the British Academy of Film and Television Britannia Award (BAFTA) or the Sundance Festival Tribute to Independent Vision Award also stand out.

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