If the filmmaking duo known as Daniels had not named their Oscar-winning movie Everything Everywhere All at Once, it would have been the perfect title for a tribute to Laurence Fishburne.
Since his breakthrough as the energetic Mr Clean in 1979โs Apocalypse Now, the actor has been a ubiquitous presence in Hollywood and beyond, shifting seamlessly from hit franchises including The Matrix and John Wick to groundbreaking films such as Boyz N the Hood, television shows like black-ish and the recent Broadway revival of David Mametโs American Buffalo.
He also writes and directs, and has been recruited to lend his distinctive voice to animations, video games and podcasts.
Fishburne is Henderson, a retired colonel specialising in training field agents, who comes into Hellerโs orbit.
And although Fishburne is in only a handful of scenes, his formidable presence adds gravitas to the entire film.