The piece points out other veteran stars have performed action roles and not received the same level of attention. These partly relate to the actress’s age. Website Pajiba writes about the negative response from some quarters on social media. Though as with any major change to an established brand, naysayers have nayed. Reaction to Queen Latifah’s involvement has been positive. The actor also mentioned people would stop him on the street to ask for his assistance, believing him to be Robert McCall. Health problems affected him during the filming of Season 3 – no less a replacement than Robert Mitchum stepped in to play a new character as Woodward recuperated. (Photo by Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images) In 1986 he won a Golden Globe for his performance.Īctress Queen Latifah is seen filming night scenes on set of the Netflix feature film “Hustle” on Octoin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lindheim and Sloan were fans of Woodward’s starring role in ‘Callan’ (1967 – 72), leading to the unorthodox but successful casting. But his McCall was liable to give villains a stern ticking off in addition to any rough justice.

Woodward played his fair share of tough guys. Instead of choosing a hard-boiled American actor to roam the mean streets of New York, the creators contacted English thespian Edward Woodward. Highly popular, the show was also something of an oddity. Lindheim and Sloan first made ‘The Equalizer’ between 1985-89.

Lorraine Toussaint plays family member “Aunt Fry” and Adam Goldberg is tech expert Harry Keshegian. The supporting cast includes ‘Sex and the City’/’Doctor Who’ star Chris Noth as former spook and McCall’s helper William Bishop.

Speaking to CBS, the new Equalizer revealed her decision to play McCall was a no brainer: “This is one of the only jobs I’ve ever taken in my life when someone asked me the question one time, and I said ‘Yes’ immediately.” Queen Latifah’s company Flavor Unit Entertainment is behind the production.Īctors Queen Latifah and Adam Sandler are seen filming night scenes on set of the Netflix feature film “Hustle” on Octoin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the interview, she referred to the original program as “a phenomenon”. It seems no more will be made, though coincidentally Washington appeared ‘The Queen Latifah Show’ in 2014 to talk about the first film. The concept was previously reworked as two movies starring Denzel Washington in 20 respectively. Miller spoke enthusiastically about Queen Latifah’s casting in a promotional video from last year: “She’s bad ass, she’s funny, she can be the person that people can trust.” Showrunners are Terri Miller and Andrew W. Lindheim sadly passed away recently aged 81. Queen Latifah has a co-creator credit alongside Richard Lindheim, who brought the Woodward version to the screen with Michael Sloan.

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