After nearly two decades apart, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington have reunited for Highest 2 Lowest—a bold reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s classic noir High and Low—with an all-star cast, including Jeffrey Wright, A$AP Rocky, and even Ice Spice.
On today’s episode of The Run-Through, Vogue’s Leah Faye Cooper speaks to Lee about what it was like working with Washington—the Batman to his Robin, as Lee describes him—for the first time since 2006’s Inside Man; as well as his secret to scouting new talent (the internet plays a big role!) and his guide to the best spots in Brooklyn.
