How Antoine Fuqua Used Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre to Get Ethan Hawke in ‘Training Day’ | Rich Eisen Show 

Denzel is one of those I'll watch in ANYTHING. He's such a great actor. His son is gonna be something, too. Ethan Hawke didn't get a lot of credit for Training Day, but he was also incredible.

This man is extremely genuine and intelligent and still cool as hell.

Training Day is a masterpiece.

Antoine caught himself when he was talking about Snoop. He wasn't gonna say, "that's my man" at first.😅

Tears of The Sun is still my favorite Fuqua movie and probably one of Bruce Willis’s best acting performances outside of The Sixth Sense.

Tears of the Sun is not mentioned enough....this man is a fantastic director

5:46-5:52 SHIDDD, Terry flipping pigeons was extremely memorable, especially if you're not from that region. You're like "whoa". That's cool they trained the pigeons to respond to their claps to put out a warning.

Training Day is a monumental film. One of my favourite Americana directors ever.

I was sold on this director immediately after watching Tears of the Sun, truly great stuff

Rich Eisen is highly underrated... excellent interview

Training Day is one of my top 10 films of all time.

4:10 he was about to say "You know Snoop's my nigga..." 😂

4:14 Antoine almost forgot where he was. Great director! Seems like a great man and friend as well.

Training Day is still Snoop’s best performance in a movie.

A badass director.

My favorite Director of all time. He’s amazing ❤

Worth noting that Fuqua is ten years younger than Washington, and they first met over twenty years ago. *I'd* be intimidated too!

Fuqua is an incredible director.

"I called Snoop. That's my n... that's my man." Great save! 😁

He was about to say you know snoop my nigga but he caught himself 😂

Great underrated director , he makes great films

Great interview as always, but at 4:12, Fuqua nearly slipped up lol.

4:11 Close call (pun intended) "Snoop's my..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Had to catch himself there

Everything this man's touched has ended up being a masterpiece. Training Day The Equalizer franchise and the remake of The Magnificent Seven.

Antoine Fuqua is a fantastic director!!! Such great movies! I enjoyed listening to him - never saw him interviewed. I like that he seemed down to earth and has a sense of humor.

Great filmmaker. I love all of his movies. Thank you!

“Wouldn’t get his teeth fixed” ahahah

Not enough respect is put on The Replacement Killers. One of his best works.

Lol. He almost said Snoop my nigga, but he caught himself

04:11 "...that's my n..man" 😂😂

What he said about getting Denzel should be the title.

David Ayer was a big part off that movie ✍🏽 talented writer

'Training Day' is a movie that made me EXTREMELY uncomfortable and nostalgic at the same time, first time I saw it. Im from "East of the River"/Wash-DC...born/raised. And after birth-parents separated, my old man went to NYC..and me and my Mom moved into the city of DC, from suburban MD, near Andrews AFB. About a yr after that move she met the guy who eventually became my stepdad. And he was LITERALLY a man of the streets. He had a legit job at the Smithsonian Instit....but the job that made him so much money, he was able to buy a 7 bedroom house on the waterfront in Annapolis with the vintage Silver Shadow-RR in the 4 car garage, was dope dealing. and most weekends, he had me with him while he was 'handling his business'. So, I saw it all. And DC was a MUCH different city in those times..the 70s. Before crack became an epidemic, it was simply called "base" (short for freebase)..and my stepfather sold it..along with just about any and every other kind of drug you can name. But as it relates to this film, the memory that stood out the most to me, were the relationships he had with rogue cops. The apartment he dealt drugs from, was a first floor apt, right next to the entrance. And the low-life cops were so bold and crazy in those days, they would LITERALLY pull up in front of our building, and walk boldly in and out, like it was just second nature. That wouldnt mean anything to anyone, except for the fact that MANY times they were in uniform..as well as doing the undercover thing. Bottom line, they were picking up drugs from my stepdad, to sell ON THEIR OWN (and those cops were largely the undercover cops like Alonso)...and they were also SELLING their protection, for a price. and whenever he knew they were coming to our place to get money from him, he would tell me and my brother, to leave the apt. My Mom, for the longest time, had no idea what he was up to. She didnt even know he kept the apt, after he bought the bigger home on the shore. She just thought when me and my brother were in the city with my stepfather, we were spending time with relatives or what have you. Suffice it to say, I saw cops JUST LIKE "Alonso"..and to be perfectly honest?...they tended to be MEANER than Alonso...and more brutal. I think he did an awesome job of portraying that kind of cop...but the only thing Denzel couldnt do as well as them, was BEING THEM. They had more to lose, in several ways. So, there were FAR BRUTAL consequences that they dished out, when it involved the street people they mixed with on a daily basis. I saw a cop kill a man with a hammer, in the alley next to our apt building. And later on that evening when I asked my stepfather why he died, he said "because he was dishonest with the people that mattered". Thats how those guys lived. My stepfather is still alive and retired....never went to prison...and is living in Florida. My Mom left him, after she caught him dealing drugs from that same apt, 2 yrs after the cop killed that guy. And the thing that stuck out about her catching him, was the gun she put to his head, as she explained what she should do to him, regarding putting me and my brother in harm's way all those yrs. 'Training Day' is a microcosm of that lifestyle that many of us out here, lived or knew of, in an intimate way.

Fuqua is a TITAN!

He almost said, "Snoop is my n... my man" good save😂

I wish you would have ask Antoine about Chow Yun-Fat!

Other than Ethan, I've always thought that Dicaprio and Denzel would've been a good fit at that particular time. That was in 2001, just after "Titanic" and "The Beach" for Dicaprio and both of them would've probably been a great fit, Denzel as a seasoned cop and Leo as a naive yet capable rookie. Those Dicaprio eyes, just like with Ethan, always had that sense of danger in them so that casting would have probably worked out well also. Duel of stars in a way.

Amazing director. Training Day hands down one of the best cop movies

Great interview!

amazing interview rich !

Great interview ♡♡♡

This man is a great director

Just watched Equalizer 3. Fabulous film. Pass it on.

Dope interview

Legendary filmmaker

Love these inside scoops!❤

Antoine Fuqua is creating a great cinematic legacy. His movies and choices for who are in them is just incredible. "Training Day" was magnificent but a tough watch for me. Denzel's Oscar winning portrayal of "Alonzo" was so vibrant and tangible. Fuqua was also dead on about the "naive" personality of "Jake" played brilliantly by Ethan Hawke. They were both perfect for the lead roles. Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg added the finishing touch to a cinematic classic.

Antoine Fuqua!!!

Training Day and the 3 equalizer movies, are his best work.

Snoop that's my .... Snoop my man. (lol)

Great filmmaker

Now im wondering whos this lil kid he was talking about that was in Southpaw too

What a great man💯

“I’m gonna put Snoop in a wheelchair…completely opposite of what they are” Ain’t Snoop a crip tho?!

There was tons of legendary cameo's on this who became big stars today.

Great director, and talented.❤❤

“I called Snoop that’s my Ni…….that’s my Man” You can take the boy out the hood but you can’t take the hood out the boy

Love this movie

one of my favourite directors of every fucking time

Great director

"About Dogg is my.... my man." Quick correction my dude.

that was a gritty movie!

He caught himself 😂he almost said snoop is my 🥷🤣🤣

Brooklyn’s Finest is solid.

I like this guy.

4:15 He almost said "snoops my nicca"😂😂

Dr. Dre played that cop role on point.

No credit to David Ayer for writing ✍🏻 and giving us TRAINING DAY ? David’s a real O.G. He’s brilliant. He also gave us Fast and Furious, Fury and Harsh Times.

Wow! Still amazed it's a cool story 😎

This man surprise me for making Olympus has fallen thats a hell of an action film

such a good movie

giving people chances, thats beautiful I still can't believe he was in Ghost Dog

Malcolm Mays from Raising Kanan and Snowfall is who he’s talking about!

Fuqua is the best!!

Geez! Didn’t realize Dre was in that movie!! Only realizing it now

@6:53 - thats Malcolm Mays aka Lou from Raising Kanan

4:14 Snoops my nigga...was what he wanted to say...lol

Who is the guy he is talking about at 6:31 who played in Southpaw and Training Day

i remember when Denzel won the Oscar for Training Day...the general comments were that the academy was appeasing him for his loss in 93, playing Malcolm X. but, even back then I knew that Denzel gave the BETTER performance as Alonzo Harris than he did as Malcolm X. Not only he deserved the win, this role turned out to be one of the best, most iconic movie roles of any actors, dead or alive.

He was about to say snoop my n lol caught himself

What a cool t-shirt, anyone know what that is?

Who's the actor/filmmaker that he was talking about at the end? Did anyone find out?

He ALMOST CALLED SNOOP HIS "n!gga" AND I WOULD HAVE ALLOWED IT!!!👑👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

Not gonna mention Macy? She's better than the other "cameos"

That "Snoop is my Ni..." and then he corrected himself. Antoine really from the streets

Nobody like me curious to who he talking about at the end?

*Just Pre-Ordered the steelbook of Equalizer 3 off Zavvi. Hope they don't screw me over like they have done several times in recent months.*

you a long way from starbucks homie!

Don't forget he starred in black hawk down

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Love Denzel, E2 stunk.

Tears of The Sun is a Top 20 Movie

Give this man his flowers.

Brooklyn's Finest could've been just as good if the suits would've given him more creative freedom

RIP Bone

Ethan is the best in the bizz

Rich credits Terry Crews as being a cameo when he was an extra at the time but yet he skips over the other major cameo which was Macy Gray.

Need a sequel to Training Day, but this time Jake is the corrupted cop due to unforeseen circumstances

Macy Grey?

Snoops my N... Snoops my MAN! 😂