Denzel Washington Shows Funny Side in ’2 Guns’
For the fimmakers of TriStar Pictures’ new action thriller “2 Guns,” there’s only one actor working today who could wholly embody the complex, lead character Bobby Trench, whose motto is “When this is over, I’m going to kill you.” And he’s none other than two-time Academy Award® winner Denzel Washington. After portraying a series of intense characters in recent years, Washington was searching for some humor in his next role. He found that in agent Bobby Trench. “I was looking to depart from heavier roles, and when I read this script it really made me laugh,” the performer reports. “Bobby does whatever is necessary to get the job done. He says there is no code; you do whatever you got to do, whatever it takes. I think he is an honest cop, but he doesn’t live by the honor codes.” In “2 Guns,” two operatives – Bobby Trench (Washington) and Michael “Stig” Stigman (Mark Wahlberg) — from competing bureaus are forced on the run together. But there is a big problem with their unexpected par...
