Josh Brolin claims he nearly “got into a fight” with Denzel Washington on ‘American Gangster’ set

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Denzel Washington on the set of American Gangster.The actor, known for playing Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as his appearances in Dune and No Country For Old Men, discussed the incident during an appearance on the In Depth With Graham Bensinger podcast, where he was promoting his new memoir From Under The Truck.Brolin played Detective Trupo in Ridley Scott’s 2007 crime drama, with Washington portraying the notorious drug kingpin Frank Lucas.

It was while shooting a rare scene together that Brolin revealed that they “almost got into a fight”.“Denzel was a little late to set and there was a whole thing there,” he explained. “And then he showed me the lines…he didn’t change any of my lines, but he kind of changed the structure of it.

He said, ‘I think I’m gonna put this down here and I’m gonna put that up there.’ But he wouldn’t really look at me.”“I was trying to remember the structure, and then we rehearsed,” he continued. “It wasn’t that many lines, mostly mine.

And I’m supposed to be super confident. It’s Denzel Washington, man. It’s, like, not easy – you’re just some actor who they’re trying out, seeing if he’s the real thing or not.