LOS ANGELES, March 31 -- Denzel Washington felt an emotional shift while watching Black Panther, describing it as the moment he realised "the baton had been passed."

In the new Apple TV+ documentary Number One on the Call Sheet, Washington, 70, recalled being moved to tears by the 2018 blockbuster starring Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan.

"I cried a little bit when I saw Black Panther," he said, adding, "I felt, I don't know if the word is 'relieved,' but I was proud to see what they had done and seeing where they were headed."

At the time, Washington had been performing on Broadway in The Iceman Cometh but attended the film's premiere, choosing to skip the red carpet to speak with director Ryan Coogler and Boseman before watchi...