Tom Brady, Denzel Washington Reenact Famous 'Remember the Titans' Scene

Denzel Washington might not be a real football coach, but after recording a podcast with Tom Brady, the actor can now say he has coached one of football's all-time greats.

In a recent episode of Let's Go with Brady and journalist Jim Gray, Washington made an appearance to discuss his acting career and the keys to his success over the years.

Washington and Brady also performed a line reading from one of the most famous scenes in Washington's Remember the Titans movie: when coach Herman Boone introduces himself to his new team.

The results? Washington might owe Brady a video of the duo playing actual football, because on the podcast, one of the two was clearly an acting professional, and the other was ... a former NFL quarterback.

The clip Brady released doesn't do Washington's performance justice.

Prior to the line reading, Brady and Washington discussed improvisation and ad-libbing. Washington said he was good at the practice, but that he didn't do much of it during his career. Gray then asked if Washington would be willing to do the reading as Coach Boone.

"I've got to get my game face on," Brady remarked.

"Get your game face on," Washington said. "Let's go, Tom."

The two then launched into the lines.

"Why are you smiling?" Washington asked Brady.

"Because I love football. Football is fun," Brady answered.

In an homage to the scene (perhaps unintentionally), Washington tripped Brady on his words repeatedly. That's also what happened to the character Petey Jones (played by Donald Faison) in the scene. Boone twisted Jones up, making him answer rapid-fire questions about whether he actually believes football is fun.

"It was fun," Washington (as Boone) repeated. "Not fun now though, was it? Not anymore?"

"Not right now," Brady answered.

"Not right now what?" Washington asked.

Brady paused, and a fully engaged Washington exhorted him to ad-lib.

"Come on, you've got to improvise," Washington told Brady. "Not right now what?"

"Not right now," Brady repeated.

Washington laughed.

"Not right now, not right now," Washington said, back in character. "Well, it's no fun, no fun, not right now, not right now. Make up your mind, make up your mind, since you're thinking. Go on, think. Is it fun?"

When the scene wrapped, Brady applauded Washington.

"That's for your performance, not mine," Brady said. "That was f***ing good."

"I'm coaching Tom Brady," Washington answered. "Are you joking?"

Washington has never played a major role as a journalist, but he did still find a way to hit Brady with a tough question at one point after Brady joked that Washington was getting his "inner Belichick on."

"Speaking of which, now we're talking," Washington said. "Have you been talking to Coach?"

Brady started to launch into an answer about how he and Belichick have a great relationship, but Washington interrupted him.

"How's he doing?" Washington asked. "With what he's got?"

The Patriots, of course, are 2-8 and have one of the worst records in the NFL.

Brady paused.

"I know he's coaching the same way now that he did when we were undefeated," he said. "Football is a hard sport, man. It's just like acting. You show up on set, there's only so much you can do. In order to get the team to play a certain way, a lot of things need to happen. And you're one part, you acted your one part. You need people to write the script, you need people to shoot it right, direct it right, edit it right, score it right, market it right, release it at the right time, it's like, 's***, how does it happen?' Well, it takes a lot."