Ryan Reynolds Reflects On Accidentally Hitting Denzel Washington

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Ryan Reynolds recalls thinking his career was over after he accidentally hit Denzel Washington during the shooting of Safe House. Reynolds in recent years has ascended to the top of the Hollywood heap as the star of big blockbuster movies like Deadpool and Free Guy. Washington meanwhile continues to build his reputation as one of the world’s most respected actors while still sprinkling in occasional action movie forays like The Equalizer.

But back in 2012 Reynolds and Washington saw their paths cross when they both starred in the action-packed thriller movie Safe House. Directed by Morbius helmer Daniel Espinosa, the film starred Reynolds as a CIA officer charged with looking over Washington’s veteran operative, who is accused of betraying the agency. As the movie is an action thriller, the titular safe house is soon attacked by mercenaries, sending Reynolds and Washington on the run.

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This men-on-the-run scenario indeed created the occasion for a lot of highly-charged action sequences. But one scene in fact got a little out of hand as Reynolds recounted recently to David Letterman on Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction. As Reynolds remembered, the problems started when he and Washington were packed into a car for a big action sequence (via Insider):

«There's a scene in the movie… where he crawls through the trunk in the back and he grabs me and chokes me. We were really driving a car at top speed. He and I are in this out-of-control car, and the corner of my head — I felt it hit his eye so hard I was sure that it split wide open. … I'm thinking I'm going to be sent home via crematorium — like, it's over right now, this is