Denzel Washington checked another item off his bucket list.
Indeed, the iconic actor recently shared his experience meeting King Charles III during the Gladiator II premiere in London Nov. 13.
“They got all these rules about ‘you can’t be too close,’ ‘let them speak first,’ ‘don’t shake hands,’” Denzel explained to Jimmy Kimmel during a Nov. 18 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! “I forgot it all. I forgot everything.”
And while it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience to meet the English monarch, Denzel said they kept the conversation brief, sticking to small talk.
“It’s good to be king,” he posited. “That was my first king that I remember. He said he loved all my movies.”
And when the late night host incredulously pressed on whether the royal had actually seen all of Denzel’s films, the Equalizer star jokingly emphasized, “That’s what he said—all of them.”
Of course, Denzel wasn’t the only star to meet the king that night. The entire Gladiator II cast—including Pedro Pascal, Paul Mescal and Connie Nielsen—was able to greet the king at the film premiere.
