Washington, Malek and Leto revisit 1990s noir in detective thriller | Malay Mail

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LOS ANGELES, Jan 24 — When “The Little Things” was written, Denzel Washington had just won his first Oscar, Jared Leto was an unknown actor fresh off the bus in Hollywood, and Rami Malek had barely finished elementary school. Now each an Academy Award-winning star in their own right, the trio...

Sunday, 24 Jan 2021 11:05 AM MYT

Now each an Academy Award-winning star in their own right, the trio have combined to finally bring the three-decade-old dark, detective thriller to the screen, out Friday in theatres and on HBO Max streaming. “You don’t imagine the character the first time you read the script — you have to find the character,” said Washington, a double-Oscar winner. “You’re introduced to him or her when you read the script, but that’s day one of the work.”

Nothing is clear-cut, from the film’s mysterious suspect to the lack of neatly solvable clues, as the two lawmen struggle with their own demons while they race to get a murderer off the streets. “Bohemian Rhapsody” star Malek said having Washington on board made the project “a no-brainer,” and praised Leto for completing the trio’s “explosive energy.”

“We get so focused on certain things and so narrow-minded, a certain tunnel vision about what has to be achieved in life... we perhaps start to neglect the most important things.”

 

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