Training Day (Episode 18) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky

Hot Date with Dan and Vicky · Dec 8, 2015 · 1h 42m

Part of then 31 year old Ethan Hawke's audition for Training Day was a series of casting sessions with star Denzel Washington. It was after one of those reads that Hawke left fuming, upset that Washington had taken an improv too far, insulting and cursing him. But director Antoine Fuqua saw exactly the relationship he needed for the characters in the film and offered Hawke the role of rookie Jake Hoyt.

Dan and Vicky cover the action thriller and it's two riveting stars but also discuss the proximity of it's initial release to the horrific events of 9/11. They share their thoughts on the…