John David Washington made a major impression as the protagonist of Warner Bros.โ€™ Christopher Nolan film โ€œTenet,โ€ now available for home viewing, and continues his stellar run opposite Zendaya in Sam Levinsonโ€™s two-hander โ€œMalcolm & Marie,โ€ coming soon to Netflix. He follows in the footsteps of his leading-man father, Denzel Washington, whoโ€™s subverted at every turn by Jared Letoโ€™s villainous Albert Sparma in John Lee Hancockโ€™s upcoming โ€œThe Little Things,โ€ a Warner-produced crime thriller to debut in theaters and on HBO Max. Washingtonย the younger and Leto spoke about how they approached their latest movies and what led them here.

Watch their full conversation forย Variety‘s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios, above.