Josh Brolin Recalls Almost Getting Into A Fight With Denzel Washington On The Set Of ‘American Gangster’

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It seems some of the animosity between Denzel Washington and Josh Brolin‘s characters in American Gangster momentarily bled out off-screen in a heated exchange during filming.

In a recent interview with Graham Bensinger, Brolin — who was promoting his new memoir From Under the Truck — reflected on his career and upbringing, including what he described as a fleeting moment where he and his co-star nearly came to blows. “Denzel and I, by the way, get along very well now,” he prefaced the anecdote, later describing Washington as someone he is “in awe of.” “We almost got into a fight.” He continued, “Denzel was a little late to set and there was a whole thing there.

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.” “So I was trying to remember the structure, and then we rehearsed,” the Dune actor recalled. “It wasn’t that many lines, mostly mine.

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