Safe House

Ryan Reynolds recalls thinking his vocation was over after he accidentally hit Denzel Washington during the shooting ofSafe House . Reynolds in late yr   has ascended to the top of the Hollywood heap as the star of big blockbuster movies likeDeadpoolandFree Guy . Washington meanwhile continues to progress his reputation as one of the world ’s most respected worker while still splosh in occasional action film foray likeThe Equalizer .

But back in 2012 Reynolds and Washington check their paths pass over when they both starred in the   action - packed thriller movieSafe House . Directed byMorbiushelmer Daniel Espinosa , the movie starred Reynolds as a CIA officeholder charged with looking over Washington ’s veteran sherlock , who is accused of betraying the agency . As the picture show is an action thriller , the titular safe house   is soon attacked by mercenaries , ship Reynolds and Washington on the run .

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Safe House Movie Poster

This Man - on - the - execute scenario indeed created the social function for a spate of highly - rouse action sequences . But one scene in fact got a little out of script as Reynolds recount recently toDavid Letterman on Netflix’sMy Next Guest Needs No instauration . As Reynolds commemorate , the problems start when he and Washington were jam into a car for a self-aggrandizing legal action sequence ( viaInsider ):

" There ’s a scene in the movie … where he crawls through the automobile trunk in the back and he snap up me and chokes me . We were really driving a railcar at top pep pill . He and I are in this out - of - control car , and the corner of my straits — I felt it remove his eye so hard I was sure that it split wide undecided . … I ’m think I ’m go to be beam home via crematorium — like , it ’s over aright now , this is it , not only my career but my existent beat will cease . … He was fine . He was like , ' Hey , accidents hap . Let ’s do it again . We ’ll shoot it from the other side so we can keep shooting so we do n’t see this . … We did it again . I got the other optic , Dave . For a arcminute he looked like a Christmas ornament . "

gratefully Washington was apparently a pro about being collide with in the heart by Reynolds as he but soldiered on shooting the movie . In one way the end solvent was arguably not worth the pain though , asSafe Households only a 53 % score on Rotten Tomatoes and is largely forgotten ten years after its release . But at the time   the motion-picture show was really a reasonable - sized hit , grossing $ 208 million at the box power plausibly mostly due to the star power of Reynolds and Washington . So perhaps for that reason Washington did n’t mind taking one – or two – for the squad .

Denzel Washington Holds a Knife to Ryan Reynolds' Throat in a Scene from the Movie Safe House

Of course in the years sinceSafe House , Reynolds has gone on to become one of the most bankable whizz in the world , headlininghuge blockbusters likeDeadpoolandDetective Pikachu . So it ’s safe to say his mishap with Washington did n’t hurt his career at all , despite his initial concern . Washington meanwhile continues to get nominated for Oscars , snag one last year for his role inThe Tragedy of Macbeth . Perhaps somewhere down the road Reynolds and Washington will have affair to reunify on - screen in either a prestige film or an natural action movie . But hopefully if they do get back together for aSafe Housereunion , Reynolds will be capable to keep his body under restraint and not do anymore impairment to Washington ’s mortal .

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Source : My Next Guest Needs No instauration with David Letterman ( viaInsider )

Tobin and Matt talking in Safe House

Safe House