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 “I just started saying it and Ridley took a liking to it,” Washington says. “There’s something interesting about smiling at somebody before you knock ‘em off.” Frank’s mother in the film is played by legendary actress Ruby Dee, with whom Washington has worked with before. He has nothing but praise for Dee. “I love Ruby, Ruby is great, and needless to say just a brilliant actress and a wonderful woman, an icon,” he says. “It was lovely. We hadn’t worked together I guess since we were on Broadway together maybe 15, 20 years ago. But you know, she steals the picture.” One pivotal scene required Dee to literally smack some sense into her son. “She didn’t want to slap me, I had to make her slap me,” Washington recalls. “I was like, look that’s the only way this man is going to stop. It’s got to be something to do with the heart and his love for his mother and we’ll be here all day if you’re trying to talk me out of it; I’ll just leave the room. So I said you got to do something to jar him to his senses, like a mother. She didn’t want to do it, but she did it pretty well.” American Gangster had its premiere night at the Apollo theater in Harlem. It was an experience that was nostalgic for Washington. “It was great for me because I grew up in New York, he says. “My mother was raised in Harlem, she took me to the Apollo as a kid …so it was just full circle. I said wow, now I’m the headliner. Now it’s your name up on the marquee.” |
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