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Antoine Fuqua (THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, BAIT) turns up the intensity level with TRAINING DAY, a charged drama about police corruption in downtown Los Angeles. Ethan Hawke stars as Jake Hoyt, a well-intentioned young officer who thinks he's found his ticket to becoming a detective in the form of undercover officer Alonzo Harris (.. Read more

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  Thief stole Training Day car

  • 05 Mar 2010

  One savvy street hustler landed a very special keepsake from the set of Denzel Washington's Training Day after stealing the actor's car. Co-star Ethan Hawke reveals the first Monte Carlo he and Washington used in the film had to be replaced when it was stolen from the street outside a shoot. The actor recalls, "Everybody in the crew just thought it was somebody working on the movie, but the guy just noticed, on take one, Denzel left the keys in the car, so take two it (car) was gone, never to... Read more

  

  Hawke loses his pearl fangs

  • 08 Jan 2010

  Movie star Ethan Hawke has lost the pearl fangs he wore as a vampire in new movie Daybreakers - his daughter dropped them down the sink. The Training Day actor became quite attached to his fake teeth, which were fitted to his real teeth for the film - and he was allowed to take them home. His daughter also fell in love with the pearly whites, wore them for Halloween and then lost them. Hawke says, "I loved my fangs because they were fitted to my real teeth and I could glue them on and they... Read more

  

  Hawke regrets messing up Redford audition

  • 06 Jan 2010

  Actor Ethan Hawke will always regret the day he botched an audition for a Robert Redford movie, because he was desperate to work with his "hero". The Training Day star reveals he once tried out for a role in one of the legendary actor's directorial projects. Hawke refuses to name the title of the movie, but admits an unlucky case of miscommunication and his severe nerves cost him the job. He says, "I once auditioned for Robert Redford, a hero of mine, and I wanted this part so bad, I had this... Read more

  

  Washington almost lost Eli role due to race

  • 12 Jan 2010

  Movie executives behind Denzel Washington's new movie The Book Of Eli had reservations about casting the Oscar winner in the lead role - because they feared the African-American star was not bankable enough across the globe. Filmmaker Allen Hughes and his brother Albert direct Washington in the post-apocalyptic action film, but Allen reveals they had to fight to have the Training Day star cast as Eli. He tells the New York Post, "I'm not gonna front - Denzel's black. His numbers are great, but Read more

  

  Washington regrets turning down Seven

  • 11 Jan 2010

  Denzel Washington will always regret turning down Brad Pitt's role in Seven - because he thought the film would be too dark. Washington was director David Fincher's first choice to play Det. David Mills in the 1995 thriller but the double Oscar winner passed and Pitt took the part opposite Morgan Freeman and his then-girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow. And the Training Day star kicked himself when he eventually saw the film. He tells Entertainment Weekly magazine, "They offered me the Brad Pitt part,... Read more

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