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.

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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.

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