Denzel Washington wreaks charming vengeance on the red carpet for The Equalizer
Denzel Washington wreaks charming vengeance on the red carpet for The Equalizer
By John Semley | September 8, 2014
By John Semley | 09/08/2014
(Image: Kayla Rocca)
A cool thing about The Equalizer , a movie you may have heard if you (a) live in Toronto and (b) have eyes, is that it’s basically a riff on the 1974 urban vigilante action flick Death Wish. This is cool because star Denzel Washington had one of his earliest uncredited roles in the original Death Wish . And so, just as Charles Bronson ’s bleeding heart liberal-cum-gun-shooting-reactionary cleaned up the uncredited Denzel Washington–infested streets of New York City in Death Wish , so too did The Equalizer star clean up Roy Thomson Hall with the ultimate open-carry weapon: movie star charm. Washington swayed and rocked and “Okay, okay, alright, alright”-ed down the Equalizer red carpet alongside director Antoine Fuqua and co-stars Marton Csokas and Chloë Grace Moretz to the delight of squealing fans who have (presumably) yet to see the movie. Anyway, critiques aside, if Denzel Washington’s lucrative career as a movie star ever peters out, he can probably do well reinventing himself as just a plain ol’ handsome man.
290110 Chloë Grace Moretz. (Image: Kayla Rocca) TIFF 2014 Red Carpet: The Equalizer https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7327-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7327.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7327.jpg 1000 667 {"aperture":3.5,"camera":"Canon EOS 6D","created_timestamp":1410124318,"focal_length":"70","iso":"2500","shutter_speed":"0.008"} https://torontolife.com/culture/denzel-washington-wrecks-charming-vengeance-equalizer-carpet/slide/krocca_equalizer-7327/ krocca_equalizer-7327 0 0
(Image: Kayla Rocca)
290106 Denzel Washington with his wife of 31 years, Pauletta Washington. https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7111-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7111.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7111.jpg 1000 667 {"aperture":4,"camera":"Canon EOS 6D","created_timestamp":1410122596,"focal_length":"95","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.0055555555555556"} https://torontolife.com/culture/denzel-washington-wrecks-charming-vengeance-equalizer-carpet/slide/krocca_equalizer-7111/ krocca_equalizer-7111 0 0
290107 Actor Marton Csokas plays the bad guy (he sort of has a bad-guy face). https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7187-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7187.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7187.jpg 1000 667 {"aperture":3.5,"camera":"Canon EOS 6D","created_timestamp":1410122795,"focal_length":"70","iso":"2000","shutter_speed":"0.00625"} https://torontolife.com/culture/denzel-washington-wrecks-charming-vengeance-equalizer-carpet/slide/krocca_equalizer-7187/ krocca_equalizer-7187 0 0
290108 Director Antoine Fuqua. https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7200-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7200.jpg 1000 667 {"aperture":3.5,"camera":"Canon EOS 6D","created_timestamp":1410122912,"focal_length":"70","iso":"2500","shutter_speed":"0.00625"} https://torontolife.com/culture/denzel-washington-wrecks-charming-vengeance-equalizer-carpet/slide/krocca_equalizer-7200/ krocca_equalizer-7200 0 0
290105 Actress Haley Bennett, who made her film debut in <em>Music & Lyrics,</em> a lesser-known Hugh Grant–Drew Barrymore vehicle from 2007, and also appeared in <em>Marley & Me</em> with Jennifer Aniston. (Image: Kayla Rocca) TIFF 2014 Red Carpet: The Equalizer https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7033-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7033.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7033.jpg 1000 667 {"aperture":3.5,"camera":"Canon EOS 6D","created_timestamp":1410121381,"focal_length":"70","iso":"2500","shutter_speed":"0.0055555555555556"} https://torontolife.com/culture/denzel-washington-wrecks-charming-vengeance-equalizer-carpet/slide/krocca_equalizer-7033/ krocca_equalizer-7033 0 0
(Image: Kayla Rocca)
290109 Actor Allen Maldonado, whose previous credits include guest stints on <em>The Shield</em> and <em>Judging Amy,</em> and, more recently, some voice work for <em>Grand Theft Auto V</em>. https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7254-200x200.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7254.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KRocca_EQUALIZER-7254.jpg 1000 667 {"aperture":3.5,"camera":"Canon EOS 6D","created_timestamp":1410124026,"focal_length":"70","iso":"2000","shutter_speed":"0.008"} https://torontolife.com/culture/denzel-washington-wrecks-charming-vengeance-equalizer-carpet/slide/krocca_equalizer-7254/ krocca_equalizer-7254 0 0