![]() Queen Latifah: I think her superpower is the fact that she is extremely skillful at what she does, at what she’s learned. ![]() ![]() Monsters & Critics: What is Robyn’s superpower? And so, it’s going to be interesting watching her jump from action into shutting that off, compartmentalizing that Equalizer person and turning into a mom and a woman who needs love and affection and likes to laugh.”įor more from Queen Latifah on the new CBS version of The Equalizer, check out the rest of her interview below. “Robyn’s character doesn’t have that luxury. “Unlike Denzel’s version and unlike the original version, those characters were much more stoic, much more closed off a bit, if you will, much more guarded,” Latifah continued. Her former co-workers include William Bishop (Chris Noth), her former CIA handler and longtime friend Melody “Mel” Bayani (Liza Lapira), an edgy bar owner and a colleague from Robyn’s past and Harry Keshegian (Adam Goldberg), a paranoid and brilliant white-hat hacker. “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.” DENZEL WASHINGTON THE EQUALIZER HOW TO“She’s got to figure out how to turn off the soldier in her and turn on the mom, so I think she’s going to get all she can handle from that,” Latifah said. McCall uses her cover as a single mom to 15-year-old daughter Delilah (Laya DeLeon Hayes) to keep her identity as The Equalizer, defender of the downtrodden, on the DL, but she does get assistance from her former colleagues. The new Equalizer will be telling the story from a Black woman in America’s perspective, and a single mom on top of that, who uses her extensive skills as a former CIA operative to help those with nowhere else to turn. “Denzel set a bar in a way, but also gave us a lot of room to go a completely different direction.” DENZEL WASHINGTON THE EQUALIZER SERIES“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,” Queen Latifah told reporters at a press conference for the project. ![]() The Equalizer will now be a woman named Robyn McCall, played by Queen Latifah, rather than Robert McCall. Queen Latifah Pic credit: Sophy Holland/CBSĭenzel Washington revitalized the concept of The Equalizer with two hit movies, but when CBS introduces its rebooted version following this Sunday’s Super Bowl, it will harken back to the ’80s television show with one big twist: ![]()
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