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While Denzel Washington continues an iconic Gladiator press run, Josh Brolin recalled a tense interaction with the two-time Academy Award winner.

This week, Brolin, 56, released his debut memoir, From Under the Truck, and to promote it, he appeared on sports podcast In Depth With Graham Bensinger.

It’s been 17 years since he and Washington, 69, starred in 2007 crime drama American Gangster, in the episode, but Brolin hilariously recounted a conversation with the actor that nearly turned into a fight.

The moment is written about in Brolin’s memoir, which Bensinger brought up around the 1:55:00 mark of the video below.

“Denzel and I, by the way, get along very well now,” Brolin said, adding, “We almost got into a fight.”

Brolin added that American Gangster producer often called him and co-star Russell Crowe “amazing,” which he thinks Washington “caught wind of.”

Brolin said he couldn’t believe being in a cast with some of his “favorite actors,” naming Crowe’s 1999 movie Insiders as one of his most-liked.

But Brolin’s scenes with Washington were rare, and during a moment that the actors were with each other, Washington apparently misinterpreted Brolin trying to get his attention.

“Denzel was a little late to set and there was a whole thing there,” Brolin continued. “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. 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. And I forgot a line.”

But when Brolin placed his hand on Washington’s shoulder, all hell nearly broke loose.

“And I put my hand on his shoulder and I said, ‘What’s the line?’ And he hit my hand off and he said, ‘Don’t ever fucking put your hand on me,'” Brolin said. “And I was like, ‘Holy shit, I’m gonna scrap with Denzel Washington. This is crazy.'”

But Washington just seemed to be in method actor mode to portray ruthless Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas.

“We’re not actors anymore—at least in my mind. In his mind, he was just doing his job,” Brolin said of Washington. “He was that guy. He was Frank Lucas, period. But I didn’t know. And then we got through that moment. I said, ‘Are you OK?’ He said, ‘Yeah. You?’ I said, ‘Yeah. Can I get my line?’ He said, ‘Go for it.’ It’s like he’d said what he needed to say.”

While it’s fortunate that Brolin and Washington didn’t come to blows, the latter actor is serious about not wanting to be touched by strangers, as seen in the 1-minute mark of the video below. Washington was being interviewed by Extra during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival when an overeager fan touched his neck and chest before being restrained.

While Denzel Washington continues an iconic Gladiator press run, Josh Brolin recalled a tense interaction with the two-time Academy Award winner.

This week, Brolin, 56, released his debut memoir, From Under the Truck, and to promote it, he appeared on sports podcast In Depth With Graham Bensinger.

It’s been 17 years since he and Washington, 69, starred in 2007 crime drama American Gangster, in the episode, but Brolin hilariously recounted a conversation with the actor that nearly turned into a fight.

The moment is written about in Brolin’s memoir, which Bensinger brought up around the 1:55:00 mark of the video below.

“Denzel and I, by the way, get along very well now,” Brolin said, adding, “We almost got into a fight.”

Brolin added that American Gangster producer often called him and co-star Russell Crowe “amazing,” which he thinks Washington “caught wind of.”

Brolin said he couldn’t believe being in a cast with some of his “favorite actors,” naming Crowe’s 1999 movie Insiders as one of his most-liked.

But Brolin’s scenes with Washington were rare, and during a moment that the actors were with each other, Washington apparently misinterpreted Brolin trying to get his attention.

“Denzel was a little late to set and there was a whole thing there,” Brolin continued. “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. 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. And I forgot a line.”

But when Brolin placed his hand on Washington’s shoulder, all hell nearly broke loose.

“And I put my hand on his shoulder and I said, ‘What’s the line?’ And he hit my hand off and he said, ‘Don’t ever fucking put your hand on me,'” Brolin said. “And I was like, ‘Holy shit, I’m gonna scrap with Denzel Washington. This is crazy.'”

But Washington just seemed to be in method actor mode to portray ruthless Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas.

“We’re not actors anymore—at least in my mind. In his mind, he was just doing his job,” Brolin said of Washington. “He was that guy. He was Frank Lucas, period. But I didn’t know. And then we got through that moment. I said, ‘Are you OK?’ He said, ‘Yeah. You?’ I said, ‘Yeah. Can I get my line?’ He said, ‘Go for it.’ It’s like he’d said what he needed to say.”

While it’s fortunate that Brolin and Washington didn’t come to blows, the latter actor is serious about not wanting to be touched by strangers, as seen in the 1-minute mark of the video below. Washington was being interviewed by Extra during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival when an overeager fan touched his neck and chest before being restrained.