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The Amazing Story Behind Denzel Washington’s Iconic “King Kong” Line in ‘Training Day’ · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: One of the most iconic lines of dialogue dropped in
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Speaker 2: any movie this century came courtesy of Denzel Washington in
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Speaker 2: the two thousand and one crime classic Training Day, a
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Speaker 2: line I'll have to paraphrase because of some foul language,
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Speaker 2: but it's essentially King Kong ain't got bank on me.
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Speaker 2: Denzel recently revealed that the dialogue wasn't even in the script,
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Speaker 2: he just had lived it in the moment, and now
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Speaker 2: the film's director Antoine Fuqua has opened up about how
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Speaker 2: much stress he felt after they shot that take because
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Speaker 2: he knew it was gold. He tells Real Blend. I
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Speaker 2: was so in that moment with Denzel, watching him. When
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Speaker 2: I just saw him go into a different place at
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Speaker 2: the end of it, I was like, is it in focus?
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Speaker 2: Tell me we got that? Because I knew it wasn't
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Speaker 2: happening again because he was in the moment. That's a
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Speaker 2: one take thing, so I was just like, that's it.
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Speaker 2: I kept asking, You're sure we've got it? Because we
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Speaker 2: shot film. It wasn't digital back then, so I didn't
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Speaker 2: know we got it until it got developed. Antoine and
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Speaker 2: Denzel's latest collaboration, the Equalizer three is out today.
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Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.