Robyn is also a single mother to a rebellious teenager, played by Laya DeLeon Hayes. The original Equalizer found clients from a newspaper ad, the film one uses Craigslist, while Robyn uses social media, making quite literally an online social justice warrior. With the CBS show bringing the show up to date, there are of course some changes. the world was not fair and it still is not, but I felt like this would be a great opportunity to take all the things I've learned throughout my career and my life and be able to exact some justice." The actor, Oscar nominated for her work in Chicago, said: "I watched The Equalizer as a kid growing up, so I always loved the idea of it-and the world was just so nasty at the point in time.The world was mean. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Latifah, who comes to the show after playing Hattie McDaniel in Netflix's Hollywood, spoke about what the original show meant to her, and how she wanted her version to be different. The original show's co-creator Richard Lindheim was involved in this new reboot, but died in January-the day after he saw the pilot episode. Queen Latifah in CBS' 'The Equalizer' CBS Like Latifah's character, McCall was a former covert operations officer, though in the '80s show it is not confirmed to be the CIA but merely an organization called "The Agency" or "The Company." Particularly, the show is a reboot of the same property the movies were-yet another Equalizer, a show starring Edward Woodward as Robert MCall that ran from 1985 to 1989 on CBS. Instead, the CBS Equalizer is an entirely separate reboot of the story. In The Equalizer and The Equalizer 2, Washington played Robert McCall, a former special services commando who faked his own death, but who re-emerges in the first of these films with his special set of skills to save a young girl from a Russian gang.Īs is clear, both Latifah and Washington are playing characters called McCall, but the two characters are not siblings. If that sounds familiar, that is because Denzel Washington played a similar character in two Equalizer movies. The show stars Queen Latifah as former CIA agent Robyn McCall, who helps those who have not had proper justice to get equal. Luckily, she has Aunt Vi, played by Lorraine Toussaint, to help her navigate some of those pitfalls that she may face trying to step between those two worlds.The Equalizer is the show that CBS has put in the coveted post-Super Bowl slot for 2021, with the first episode set to air on Sunday, February 7 at 10 p.m. she's going to get all she can handle from that. She's got to figure out how to turn off the soldier in her and turn on the mom. “I think Robyn's character, she doesn't have that luxury. Unlike Denzel's version and the original TV version, these characters are much more “stoic, much more closed off a bit, and guarded,” Latifah acknowledged. She faces a different set of circumstances.” “We have a different sort of setup for this story that we can tell week in and week out. “We knew we could tell this story from Queen Latifah's perspective and a Black woman's perspective in America, who is a parent,” she said. With this new series, Latifah wanted to do something different and bring more warmth to her character. If anything, he set a bar in a way but also gave us a lot of room to go a completely different direction.” “What Denzel did with the feature films has been incredible. “I am absolutely excited and love the fact that Denzel made this a relevant product again because I did watch the original series as a kid,” she said. While Latifah has the “utmost respect” for Washington, she promised that this new version of The Equalizer will be less dark and more like the original television series. Interestingly, Denzel Washington revived the original franchise back in 20 for two action-packed films. She's fighting because she has to protect someone.” She's fighting because someone did something unjust. She's fighting because someone did something wrong. It's why is she fighting? Why is she physical? She's not fighting just because she wants to fight. “It's not just fighting for the sake of fighting. I'm learning a lot about how to do it efficiently and how to preserve my body as well.” “We're getting better with our fight choreography as well. “I like to fight as much as possible!” she exclaimed.
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