Dear Hollywood: This is why more women need to be more films. Because sausage-party photo calls are SO BORING. These are pics of Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington at the Madrid photo call for their new film, Safe House. I saw the trailer recently, and I wasn’t very impressed – here it is:

It’s like they’re refiguring the Jason Bourne formula, right? And are we buying Ryan Reynolds as the reluctant action star? Are we buying Denzel as the badass super-spy? I don’t know. It just seems like a weird movie.

As for the photo call – Ryan looks good, I have to admit. He doesn’t look so gerbily, and he doesn’t look he’s gone overboard on the bronzer. Blake Lively’s influence, I’m hoping. Denzel, meanwhile, looks like he’s about to punch someone in the face. Ryan, perhaps. People Mag had an interesting story about what happened between Ryan and Denzel while they filmed Safe House:

It turns out that action star Ryan Reynolds may be just as dangerous off-screen as he is on. Denzel Washington says that Reynolds gave him a black eye while they were filming Safe House in South Africa.

“I’ve never had a black eye in my life!” Washington, 57, told reporters Saturday while promoting the film, which hits theaters Feb. 10. “There’s a scene where I reach over to try to choke him while I have handcuffs on. We were flying around in the car. It just happened that as I was reaching forward he was flying back … and POW.”

Reynolds, 35, plays a CIA newbie who is forced to watch over Washington, a notorious fugitive. The two eventually end up on the run together, with plenty of brawls between the brawny costars.

Reynolds joked that this punch was a highlight of his career. “That was my early retirement,” he said. “I’ve given Denzel Washington a black eye and I should probably go home.” But Reynolds admitted that he was a little embarrassed after the incident, saying, “It was weird to feel my face on fire.”

Regardless, said Reynolds, “I’m glad I was your first. If it had to be anyone, it was an apologetic Canadian.”

[From People]

LOL at “apologetic Canadian.” THAT is who Ryan is, right? He’s not a badass action star, he’s an apologetic Canadian.

Photos courtesy of WENN.