actor and writer Ethan Hawke has shared the advice he received from his ‘Training Day’ co-star Denzel Washington after losing at the 2002 Academy Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
That same year, the two were nominated for their roles in the 2001 film, including best actor and best supporting actor, respectively. While Washington won in his category, Jim Broadbent beat Hawke for his performance in Iris.
In his recent appearance on Max’s Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, he shared why Washington whispered in his ear during the ceremony that it’s better to lose the Oscar.
“You don’t want an award to enhance your status. You want to enhance the status of the award,” Hawke recalled, quoting his former co-star. “That’s the way he thinks, and that’s what I’m talking about playing with [baseball great] Babe Ruth.”
“I think, at the end of the day, he is the best actor of our generation,” he said.
The actor admitted that he was grateful for being nominated. “He was in Oscar awards sitting next to Denzel Washington and nominated against Ian McKellen. He had already won. It was impossible for me not to see it differently.”
“Training Day,” directed by Antoine Fuqua, follows a rookie cop who spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who is not what he appears to be. It stars Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris and Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt. It also features Scott Glenn, Eva Mendes, Cliff Curtis, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Macy Gray in supporting roles, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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