Denzel Washington’s Equalizer days might be behind him for now. The third entry in the big-screen action franchise proved to be a hit, scoring the second-highest box office of all time for Labor Day weekend releases. Washington reprises his role as retired government assassin Robert McCall, this time sharing the screen with Dakota Fanning, his costar from Man on Fire back in 2004.
Director Antoine Fuqua, who also made the 2014 and 2018 installments, tells PEOPLE this latest entry is intended to be the conclusion of a trilogy. (Washington, 68, previously teased that this marks the “end” of his Equalizer tenure.)
“Never say never. I’m going to miss Robert McCall. I think it was a great character, my hero,” says Fuqua, 57. “But it feels like it’s the last one.”
Could audiences see a spinoff or prequel of sorts someday? “That will be up to the studio,” he says. “But that would be very cool, I think. Of all of Fuqua’s films, Equalizer is the one he frequently hears the most about from fans.
“People come up to me all the time. They love Robert McCall. I think it has to do with justice. People want justice, and obviously in a movie you get to see that happen,” Fuqua says. “He’s a everyday-person hero.”
Fuqua says he and Washington established a strong working bond ever since 2001’s Training Day, for which Washington won an Oscar.
Source: People
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