Denzel Washington watched ‘Tenet’ at Christopher Nolan's house and says it was a "weird" experience. The sci-fi-action blockbuster is the most recent of the popular English director's films to hit the big screen, though it did so under notorious circumstances in late-Summer 2020. Intended by Nolan to encourage pandemic-hesitant audiences back to movie theaters, the film underperformed at the box office and likely played a role in Warner Bros.' decision to release their entire 2021 blockbuster slate day-and-date on HBO Max.
Tenet stars John David Washington, son of the aforementioned Oscar-winning actor, as the Protagonist, a CIA agent who is let in on a conspiracy involving the development of technology than can reverse the flow of time. Learning of an ongoing war between factions in the present and the future that threatens to destroy the world as he knows it, the Protagonist is paired up with Robert Pattinson's Neil to take down Russian oligarch Andrei Sator (Kenneth Branagh), who is communicating with their enemies in the future. While reviews for Tenet were largely positive, it is considered one of his most divisive films, with viewers either frustrated by the convoluted narrative or enthralled by the thrilling action it facilitates.
Asked about his experience with Tenet by Kevin McCarthy while doing press for The Tragedy of Macbeth, Washington reveals he first saw the film in Nolan's private movie theater, which contributed to an already strange experience. Describing the movie as "too weird," he clarifies that watching his son lead the film was surreal, particularly given how alike they sound. When compounded on the movie's story, Washington's brush with Tenet was "a lot."
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