Avengers star details time they 'almost got into a fight' with Denzel Washington

For anyone who has worked in any kind of profession, there's a good chance you'll have at once stage not seen eye-to-eye with one of your colleagues.

A 2022 survey found that, of those who took part, 90 percent said they had an 'annoying' coworker.

In fact, 57 percent of participants said that they found this particular person so annoying that they were considering quitting their current job, or that they'd left a previous role for this reason, CNBC reported.

And it seems as if Josh Brolin might have been that colleague for Denzel Washington when they worked together on Ridley Scott's American Gangster, which hit theaters in 2007.

In comparison to Washington, Brolin, who is now a successful actor in his own right, was just an up-and-coming star at the time.

While fairly new on the scene, apparently Brolin had shot some great scenes with Russell Crowe - something which producer Brian Grazer had been raving about.

Washington is said to have 'got wind' of Grazer gushing about Crowe and Brolin, and it appeared to ruffle his feathers.

With this in mind, he had a some-what hostile attitude towards Brolin when they shot one particular scene together, and he didn't take kindly to the budding star touching him.

Josh Brolin seen in American Gangster (Universal Pictures)

Speaking on the In Depth with Graham Bensinger podcast, the Avengers villain explained: "Denzel was a little late to set and there was a whole thing there. And then he showed me the lines... he didn’t change any of my lines, but he kind of changed the structure of it.

"He said, 'I think I’m gonna put this down here and I’m gonna put that up there.' But he wouldn’t really look at me."

Brolin went on to say that he was a bit starstruck to be working with Washington, so much so he forgot one of his lines.

"I put my hand on his shoulder and said, 'What's the line?' and he hit my hand off and said 'Don't ever put your f***ing hand on me.'

"I was like, 'Holy sh*t, I'm going to scrap with Denzel Washington.'"

But Brolin went on to say that, upon reflection, he thinks Washington might have just been in character at the time he made those remarks.

Whether it was Washington saying it himself or as his character Frank Lucas, it quickly became water under the bridge between the two actors as when Brolin saw him a year later, Washington greeted him with a hug.

Elsewhere the Thanos actor stated that he and the Gladiator II star 'get along well' now.

UNILAD have approached Washington's rep for comment.