Antoine Fuqua the director of the remake of the classic western, "The Magnificent Seven" said it took a little convincing to get Denzel Washington to come on board to the project. In an exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Fuqua stated "I had lunch with him in New York, and he kind of smiled when I said, "It's a Western." And I started describing to him what I saw in my head of him coming over a hill on a white horse. I had some Sergio Leone music on my phone that I played as I started describing it to him. He kind of laughed, and he goes, "All right, let me read it." Fuqua previously worked with Denzel for his academy award winning performance in "Training Day", and in "The Equalizer" so there was already a built in working relationship for the duo. "The Magnificent Seven" will ride into theaters on September 23rd.