Ryan Reynolds says he “wants to die” after giving two black eyes while Denzel Washington was filming “Safe House.”


Ryan Reynolds is smiling in front of an image with his name on Thursday, December 12, 2019.

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  • Ryan Reynolds starred in the 2012 movie “Safe House” across from Denzel Washington.

  • It features a scene where actors fight in a moving car on the streets of South Africa.

  • Reynolds wanted to “die” after accidentally giving Washington two black eyes during the shoot.

Ryan Reynolds accidentally gave Denzel Washington two black eyes while filming the 2012 movie “Safe House,” but ten years later he’s still pretty embarrassed.

He talked about the incident in his episode, “My next guest doesn’t need a referral with David Letterman,” premiered on Friday.

Reynolds, who plays a CIA agent trying to interrogate Washington characters in the film, was filming the scene “in an uncontrollable car” on the second day of filming, and he called Washington “in an uncontrollable car.” He told Letterman that he was filming a scene of “crushing” with his “face.” “” According to Reynolds, the actor wasn’t using it Stunt driver They were racing the streets of Cape Town, South Africa.

“There’s a scene in the movie where he crawls around the back trunk and grabs me and chokes me. We were really driving the car at top speed,” Reynolds told Letterman. “He and I are now out of control vehicle And the corner of my head — I felt it hit his eyes hard, so I was convinced that it opened wide. “

Denzel Washington (L) and actor Ryan Reynolds (R) will attend

Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds will participate in the “El Olmigero” television show on January 31, 2012 in Madrid, Spain.Juanna Haro Gimenes / Getty Images

Reynolds was convinced that he would be let go and probably killed because he planted Shiner on the Oscar winner. “I think I’ll be sent home via the crematorium, for example, this will stop not only my career, but the actual pulse,” he continued.

But Washington was kind about it. “He was fine.’Hey, an accident happened. Let’s do it again. I’ll shoot from the other side so I can keep shooting so I can’t see it,” Reynolds recalled. . “I am okay.”

For a while Reynolds thought everything was okay, but the second take was just as difficult. “We did it again, and I got the other eye, Dave,” he said. “For a while he Christmas ornament. “

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