Denzel Washington Macbeth 2021
by Francesco Eunchae: Denzel Washington
Shakespeare's text doesn't need a specific accent to work on screen. That's the point Denzel Washington and Joel Coen made with THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH in 2021. They chose not to give Macbeth a British voice, so Washington performed the role using his natural tone instead. It shows the original words carry more power than any vocal styling ever could.
Transcript (en)
He should have died hereafter. There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out. Out we've cantled. Life is but a walking shadow. A poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale. Told by an idiot. Full of sound and fury signifying nothing. Amen.
