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For years, the Academy Award for Best Actor eluded Denzel Washington. He received a Supporting Actor Academy Award for his phenomenal work in 1989’s Glory, but then he lost in the Best Actor category twice—once for playing Malcolm X in the 1993 Spike Lee joint of the same name, and again for the lead role in The Hurricane (2000).
But in 2002, Washington received a Best Actor Oscar for playing Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris in Antoine Fuqua’s 2001 crime drama Training Day. Washington makes an amoral, duplicitous villain so charismatic and likable, and Ethan Hawke, playing the naive rookie trainee who’s in way in over his head, is the perfect foil.
How many acts of evil are too many? How far can you go before the ends no longer justify the means? Between the moral choices, the celebrity cameos, the slick one-liners, and the cinematography—which makes LA appear perpetually ablaze—this movie still holds up, two decades after its release. Here are 19 trivia facts and Easter Eggs for the next time you watch Training Day, which is now streaming on Netflix.
Lead roles
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The car and license plate
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Cut my life into pieces
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The story of the snail
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Doggystyle
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Goodbye and I choke
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A rare look inside
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Model mistress
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English translation
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Alonzo speaks to his son in Spanish. Here is what he says, translated into English:
Como esta, mijo? Te portas bien? Esta creciendo, papasito.
How are you, son? Are you being good? You are growing up, handsome man.
Mijo, no llores. Ven aqui, mijo. Vente no llores. Escucha a tu papi.
Son, don’t cry. Come here, son. Come here, don’t cry. Listen to your father.
Steakhouse
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Express yourself
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"Clean the tub"
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(Rock) Superstar
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During the scene when Jake and Alonzo are visiting Smiley’s house, the song on the soundtrack is “(Rock) Superstar” by LA rap group Cypress Hill. The group released this song as a single, along with its rap counterpart “(Rap) Superstar,” in 2000.
Meet Sniper
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In the dark
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"It's like that"
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That's the Old Spice guy
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King Kong
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The most memorable line in the movie comes near the end, when Alonzo, trying desperately to hold onto his power and dignity, screams, “King Kong ain’t got sh*t on me!” Denzel improvised this line: “That was an in the moment thing. His (Alonzo’s) ego was so big that King Kong didn’t even register. I always tell people that in the end of Training Day, when he gets out of his car, he’s heading to his trunk to try and get some guns. He still thinks that he can get away with it. He was all about the ego.”
Altered ending
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