Spike Lee on Highest 2 Lowest, How He Finds New Talent, and Loving the WNBA
The Run-Through with Vogue
Vogue
4.1 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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After nearly two decades apart, Spike Lee and Denzel Washington are reunited with Highest 2 Lowest — a bold reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s classic High and Low. Alongside an all-star cast that includes Jeffrey Wright, A$AP Rocky, and even newcomer to the screen Ice Spice, this film marks a powerful return to the big screen, and Spike Lee personally encourages everyone to see it in theaters! On today’s episode of The Run-Through with Vogue, Digital Style Director Leah Faye Cooper spoke to Spike about what it was like working with Denzel after all these years apart (the Batman to his Robin as Spike says). He also shared his secret to scouting new talent (the internet plays a big role!) and his guide to the best spots in Brooklyn.
The Run-Through with Vogue is your go-to podcast where fashion meets culture. Hosted by Chloe Malle, Head of Editorial Content, Vogue U.S.; Chioma Nnadi, Head of British Vogue; and Nicole Phelps, Director of Vogue Runway, each episode features the latest fashion news and exclusive designer and celebrity interviews.
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| 0:29.3 | This is the run-through. |
| 0:32.4 | I'm Leah Faye Cooper, taking over for Chloe and Chioma today. |
| 0:36.2 | I had the pleasure and honor of speaking with Spike Lee. |
| 0:39.0 | His newest film, highest to lowest, is in theaters now. If you have not seen it, it is fantastic. It is a reinterpretation of the |
| 0:44.9 | 1963 film High and Low by Akira Kurosala. And it's a really, really fun watch. Spike and I |
| 0:53.6 | chatted over Zoom. |
| 0:55.2 | He was in his Fort Green office. |
| 0:58.0 | I loved, loved, loved this storyline. |
| 1:01.3 | I loved the father-son dynamic between Denzel Washington and his son in the movie. |
| 1:07.8 | The fashion was great. |
| 1:09.3 | There was some Ferelle Louis Vuitton. There was some Cartier, |
| 1:13.7 | lots of, lots of good things. Asap was in the film. He was wonderful. I interviewed ASAP for the |
| 1:20.1 | May cover of Vogue and one of our four covers for the MacGall issue. And he spoke about how |
| 1:26.7 | excited he was to be in the film. |
| 1:29.6 | We also got to see Denzel Spike and ASAP at Cannes, and they looked great, |
| 1:37.2 | like they were having a great time on the red carpet when it premiered there. |
| 1:40.9 | So great, great, great film. |
| 1:43.4 | Spike and I also spoke about about some of his favorite spots in |
| 1:47.2 | Brooklyn where he gets his coffee, where he likes to go shopping, where he likes to hang out. So without |
| 1:52.8 | further ado, here is Spike Lee on the run-through. Hello, welcome to the run-through Spike. |
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