WATCH: Melissa Leo Praises Denzel Washington’s Work On ‘Flight’

Melissa Leo had only words of praise for her Flight co-star Denzel Washington in her recent video interview with Uinterview.com. In Flight, Leo plays Ellen Brock, who must interrogate Washington’s character Whip Whitaker, an alcoholic and substance-abusing airline pilot. Leo credited Washington’s preparedness and ability to inhabit his role as helping her work under a tight production schedule.

“I was so lucky in that Mr. Washington had been playing Whip Whitaker for almost his entire time by then, they were very near the completion of shooting the film and so Mr. Washington was deep in the character of Captain Whitaker,” Leo told Uinterview. “And actors feed off of one another so I didn’t have to pretend that I was playing opposite this very brilliant man with deep and sad troubles, I simply was opposite this man with all of that going on.”

Flight, which was directed by Robert Zemeckis and also stars John Goodman, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly and Nadine Velazquez, has been received positive buzz from critics and made nearly $100 million worldwide.

See Uinterview’s full interview with Leo here.