Everyone was saying it," Lee explained duringa recent episode of the 7PM in Brooklynpodcast.
“I seen those memes and then in the film, we used that.”
But a resemblance to Washington isn’t all that Rocky brings to the table, according to Lee.

Spike Lee and A$AP Rocky.Credit:Bruce Glikas/Getty; Pascal Le Segretain/Getty
“A$AP, man, he fire,” theShe’s Gotta Have Itdirector teased.
He’s like, ‘I’m here too.'"
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“In Kurosawa’s film, Toshiro Mifune is a shoemaker.
He also teased that Rocky plays the “main role” in the movie.
Watch Lee’s full episode of7PM in Brooklynabove.
