Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds hit the red carpet in New York for the premiere of the new action thriller "Safe House."<br/> <br />In the movie, Washington plays a former CIA agent who has been placed in a safe house manned by Reynolds' character. After the secret location is raided by rebels, their characters flee the bunker in search of a secure location.<br/> <br />Filmed mainly in Cape Town, South Africa, over the course of five months, the story line of the film had the duo tracking across various locations in South Africa.<br/> <br />In an effort to make the film as realistic as possible, Washington actually subjected himself to waterboarding, which is a form a torture formerly used by the CIA in order to extract information from prisoners. The practice involved water being poured over someone's face which resulted in the feeling of drowning.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE Denzel Washington saying (English):<br/> <br />"It's very disorienting and I was relaxed. You imagine in those real situations where it's already tense and you might have already been sleep deprived or blindfolded or whatever. But I knew it was a controlled environment so it wasn't as intense."<br/> <br />"Safe House" opens in U.S. theaters on February 10.<br/> <br />John Russell, Reuters.
