“Never lay a hand on me!” : Almost 20 years ago, Denzel Washington was on the verge of a fight with this actor

In American Gangster, the relationship between Denzel Washington and Josh Brolin, who play the role of a member of the New York underworld and a corrupt police officer, is particularly tense.

Today, almost 20 years after the release of the Ridley Scott film, we learn that this tumultuous relationship between the two men existed on set in real life, to the point where they almost broke up!

This was while promoting his memoir, titled from under the truckthat Josh Brolin Revealed this somewhat difficult moment Denzel Washington (an actress adored by a football star).

“we almost fought”he sighed Graham Bensinger at the microphoneHowever, he noted that he understands today “good” With the star of Gladiator II. But why were these two stars so close to sowing disorder on the sets?American gangster ?

“Denzel is a little late for his place on the important stage we share”tell him Josh Brolin. It shows me the lines. I didn’t change anything, but I changed the scene structure a bit. He says, I think I’ll put it here and there, but he doesn’t look at it. About me, really.”

“Never lay a hand on me!”

“So I try to memorize this new structure, then we repeat”continues Brolin. “There aren’t many lines and it’s mostly me talking. I have to be super confident, but that’s it. Denzel WashingtonBrother! It is not easy. (…)

I forget a line during a scene. Then I put my hand on his shoulder and asked, “What’s my line?” And then he slaps me on the hand and says: ‘Don’t you ever lay a hand on me!’ I tell myself that what just happened is crazy.”

Denzel Washington Would that make him an odious character? At least for that Josh Brolinwho later realized that his counterpart was reacting this way because he was already fully in his character.

“He was this guy. His name was Frank Lucas period. But I didn’t know he worked like that”That concludes what we just saw on the Dune: Part Two poster.

Josh Brolin 2025 will be a busy year. We’ll see him on Netflix’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story, the third part of the detective saga Knives Out, then on the poster for the new version of Stephen King’s novel The Running Man, in which he will star. the role of a bad boy.

“Gladiator II” trailer with Denzel Washington: