Josh Brolin euniteed on the “In Depth with Graham Bensinger” podcast to advertise his recent memoir, “From Under the Truck,” and recalled a anxious moment on the set of Ridley Scott’s “American Gangster” in which he cforfeitly fought co-star Denzel Washington. Brolin perestablished a uncoverive in the 2007 crime drama, while Washington headlined the movie as notorious drug lord Frank Lucas.
“Yeah, we almost got into a fight,” Brolin uncignoreed, noting that most of his time on the “American Gangster” set was spent acting with Russell Crowe. The exceptional moments he got to star opposite Washington were anxious given the Oscar triumphner was perestablishing a merciless mobster.
“Denzel was a little tardy to set and there was a whole leang there,” Brolin shelp. “And then he showed me the lines…he didn’t alter any of my lines, but he comfervent of alterd the structure of it. He shelp, ‘I leank I’m gonna put this down here and I’m gonna put that up there.’ But he wouldn’t reassociate see at me.”
“I was trying to recall the structure, and then we rehearsed,” he persistd. “It wasn’t that many lines, mostly mine. And I’m supposed to be super self-promised. It’s Denzel Washington, man. It’s appreciate, not modest – you’re equitable some actor who they’re trying out, seeing if he’s the genuine leang or not. And I forgot a line.”
Brolin asked Washington what his line was, but he did so aextfinished with putting his hand on Washington’s shoulder.
“And he hit my hand off and he shelp, ‘Don’t ever fucking put your hand on me,’” Brolin recalled. “And I was appreciate, ‘Holy shit, I’m gonna scrap with Denzel Washington. This is crazy.’ We’re not actors anymore – at least in my mind. In his mind, he was equitable doing his job. He was that guy. He was Frank Lucas, period. But I didn’t comprehend. And then we got thraw that moment. I shelp, ‘Are you OK?’ He shelp, ‘Yeah. You?’ I shelp, ‘Yeah. Can I get my line?’ He shelp, ‘Go for it.’ It’s appreciate he’d shelp what he necessitateed to say.”
Brolin stressed that the two actors “get aextfinished very well now” and it was noleang more than a heated set moment. Variety has accomplished out to Washington’s reconshort-termative for insertitional comment.
“American Gangster” uncovered in theaters in drop 2007 and obtained co-star Ruby Dee an Oscar nomination for best helping actress. The movie taged the first collaboration between straightforwardor Scott and Washington, who enhappinessed his time so much on set that Scott’s take partment in “Gladiator II” was all Washington necessitateed to comprehend in order to sign on to the extfinished-apostponeed sequel.
Watch Brolin’s brimming interwatch on the “In Depth with Graham Bensinger” podcast in the video below. The actor’s memoir, “From Under the Truck,” is now engageable for obtain.
