The 59 year-old actor urged fans to tweet the hashtag "#DenzelIsJamesBond" in an effort to become the next 007.
Denzel Washington has accomplished many things in his lengthy movie career, which includes winning two Oscars, but the 59 year-old actor still has his eye on one particular role ... he wants to become the next James Bond.
Could Denzel be the next 007?
Washington took part in Reddit's 'Ask Me Anything' chat on Friday (Sept 5th) while promoting his new movie 'The Equalizer,' and when someone asked about starring in one of the most popular franchises ever, the talented star admitted he would love to.
"The next James Bond? They better hurry up! Yes I would! Who's doing James Bond now ... Daniel Craig! Did they shoot another one?" he replied.
More: 'The Equalizer': Denzel Washington Avenges Crime In Brutal New Thriller
Washington was so game for the role that he even urged fans to start a Twitter campaign for him, saying, "Everybody should tweet Denzel is James Bond! Send it to the studio! We start the Denzel is Bond campaign today!"
Even if the 'Flight' actor was genuinely serious or just joking around, Reddit users wasted no time in spreading the word as the hashtag "#DenzelIsJamesBond" was quickly started.
As well as being question about becoming the next 007, Washington was also quizzed on how he maintains looking so youthful.
More: Denzel Washington Narrates PBS Civil Rights Documentary 'The March'
"I come from a good gene pool," he explained. "When I was young-young, it took a long time for me to be able to get into clubs, and my oldest daughter, she's mid-twenties now, she looks twelve or thirteen, so I think it's just genetics. And exercise, and eating right, but you know - Father Time is undefeated."
Although this may help in his campaign to become James Bond, Washington will have to wait a little while longer as Daniel Craig is currently signed on for two more spy movies after 2012's 'Skyfall.'
After winning Tony Awards on Broadway, Denzel Washington and Viola Davis reteam for a film...
Troy Moxson works hard as a garbage collector to support his family. He has two...
Director Antoine Fuqua brings his usual fascination with violence to this remake of the iconic...
After the murder of her husband, a widow and resident of the town of Rose...
Little more than a paint-by-numbers action thriller, it's anyone's guess why the filmmakers have bothered...
Director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Olympus Has Fallen) talks about what makes The Equalizer (Denzel...
Robert McCall has a modest job at a hardware store in Boston where he longs...
What looks like a rather standard buddy action comedy is elevated by a smarter-than-normal script,...
Marcus Stigman and Bobby Trench have, for the last year, been working together as part...
With another deeply committed performance, Washington brings badly needed complexity to what is otherwise a...
When airplane pilot Whit makes an extraordinary landing following an engine failure which saves the...
With a cool Cape Town setting and constant sweaty, kinetic violence, this entire film plays...
Matt Weston is a young CIA agent who, for the past year, has been bored...