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While preparing for American Gangster (2007), Denzel Washington studied the real-life drug lord Frank Lucas and incorporated elements of his quiet demeanor and Southern-inflected speech into the performance.

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Denzel Washington as Frank Lucas in American Gangster (2007). The way he handles the Tango confrontation is pure cinema.

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"Simple Simon-ass mf" This famous scene from "American Gangster" is one of Denzel's finest. They pressed [record] and let the maestro go. Total character immersion and screen command-scary real. He's not even 1% Denzel Washington here, he's 100% Frank Lucas 🐐

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