This was long before Chris took on the role of Captain Kirk in the rebooted version of Star Trek. When Tony Scott asked him who he thought could play his hotshot young sidekick in the movie, the star picked out Chris. "I don't want to be having a conversation with you asking me, 'So I heard you were afraid to do the stunt?'" He also joked that co-star Chris Pine owed him - for helping him get a role in the film.īut there is a great deal of truth behind Denzel's remark. "Heights didn't use to bother me, it's only since I've been in the movie business," he revealed.ĭespite his phobia, he says he was more frightened of being called a chicken, so he decided to climb aboard. However, Washington wasn't too happy about the idea of running along a speeding train - because he is scared of heights. The actor was an athlete in his younger days and stays in shape by boxing, which he took up when training for his Oscarnominated role as middleweight champion Rubin "Hurricane" Carter in The Hurricane. "I also learned to drive the trains - and I can still do it!"Īs well as getting behind the wheel, the 55-year-old performed many of his own stunts in the film, including a dazzling, dangerous run across the top. "I met the person on whom my character is based," explained Denzel. The only hope of preventing a disaster lay with a train driver and conductor, who bravely chased after it. "I said, 'Tony, two train movies?' But he said, 'No - it's not the same, Denzel, it's not the same'."įor a start, Unstoppable is based on the true story of a runaway train which barrelled through northern Ohio in 2001 with 47 rail carriages and no one behind the wheel. Sounds familiar? That's because Denzel was in another rail thriller last year, saving women and children from the evil terrorist played by John Travolta in The Taking Of Pelham 123, directed by none other than train enthusiast Tony Scott.Įven Denzel admits he thought twice before getting on board so soon. It involves a race against time, a runaway train and Denzel trying to save everyone. Unstoppable is Denzel's fifth film with British director Tony Scott. "But it's OK, we got paid more than the train." We're just hanging off the side," he grinned. However on his latest film, the Oscar-winning actor reckons he's playing second fiddle to a real heavy weight. The star of such Brief favourites as Man On Fire, Training Day, Fallen and Malcolm X, he is well used to being comfortably the biggest name on every set. In any poll of the world's greatest actors, Denzel Washington's name will always pop up pretty near the top.
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