Ethan Hawke reveals what it is like working with Denzel Washington on ‘Training Day’
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, actor Ethan Hawke (Boyhood) sat down and discussed his movie career and what it was like working with Denzel Washington.
During the course of the interview, Ethan Hawke explained his audition for Training Day and what it was like working with Denzel on the movie that would later present Denzel Washington with an Academy Award.
He also told The Hollywood Reporter‘s Stephen Galloway about working with Denzel Washington, who played a crooked cop in their 2001 movie Training Day. “The NAACP came to the set and said, ‘What are you doing?,’ ” Hawke recalled. “And, you know, I never had a political organization talk to me about what roles I pick. And Denzel, I remember him saying, ‘What, Al Pacino can play a bad guy? Gene Hackman can play a bad guy? I can’t play a bad guy? I’m an artist. That’s how I lead, not by being some dubious role model, by only playing squeaky-clean people. I’ll be a role model by being great at my job.’ ”
Asked whether Washington was easy to work with, Hawke replied: “Denzel, don’t f— with him, man — you know, come to the set with some sloppy work. I loved it. I love somebody [who] sets the bar high, for crying out loud. I mean, everybody just is so complacent. It’s like they’re waiting for Martin Scorsese to show up to give them permission to do great work. Why not do it now?”
Check out the full and amazing interview here:
http://youtu.be/1XnjFSs8D8Q
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