Denzel Washington Gets Into Confrontation After Being Grabbed by Photographer at Cannes

Denzel Washington is standing his ground.

The Oscar-winning actor appeared to get into a small confrontation with photographers while on the red carpet for the May 19 premiere of his film Highest 2 Lowest during the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival. 

Prior to the exchange, captured on video, Denzel, 70, was talking to costar A$AP Rocky as a line of photographers appear to call their names. As director Spike Lee walked over to speak to the rapper, Denzel turned his attention to a photographer before walking in his direction and seemed to have a heated conversation with him as the photographer appeared to laugh and grab his arm. 

The Equalizer star then appears to mouth the words, “stop it, stop it” while pointing at one photographer directly, before he is seen releasing his arm and walking away.

E! News has reached out to a rep for the actor but has not heard back.