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Denzel Washington Starred In Film To Stop It From Flopping
December 14th, 2007 9:24am EST Post a comment Add to My News
Denzel Washington was forced to star in new movie The Great Debaters after he was told it would be a flop if he stayed behind the camera. Washington only signed to direct and produce the real-life story of a all-black Texas college's champion debating team, who challenged the great minds of Harvard University in 1935 - but studio bosses warned him it would struggle without a star on screen.
He says, "(They said), 'It could get more money if I was in it.' And it just wasn't going to be enough money if I wasn't in it."
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