Growing up, you probably heard the old "my dad could beat up your dad" line from some random child on the playground. However, on a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, guest host Samuel L. Jackson took that idea a step further, asking the star of Tenet, John David Washington, if his character could beat up one of his father's characters.

Washington has known Jackson his whole life, so it was a very friendly and down-to-Earth interview, like two old friends having a chat. Then, Jackson asked if Washinton's character in Tenet--called Protagonist--could beat up Denzel Washington's The Equalizer. "Because of the rules of inversion, Protagonist [would win]," Washington told Jackson. "There's a sci-fi element that we have that Equalizer didn't have---that gives him the edge."

Washington tried to dance around a little about why his character could beat up his father's character, as he can't say much about the film. "So you're hitting us with a riddle," replied Jackson. "So now we got to go to the movie and make up our own minds whether The Equalizer can kick your ass or not."

Growing up, you probably heard the old "my dad could beat up your dad" line from some random child on the playground. However, on a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, guest host Samuel L. Jackson took that idea a step further, asking the star of Tenet, John David Washington, if his character could beat up one of his father's characters.

Washington has known Jackson his whole life, so it was a very friendly and down-to-Earth interview, like two old friends having a chat. Then, Jackson asked if Washinton's character in Tenet--called Protagonist--could beat up Denzel Washington's The Equalizer. "Because of the rules of inversion, Protagonist [would win]," Washington told Jackson. "There's a sci-fi element that we have that Equalizer didn't have---that gives him the edge."

Washington tried to dance around a little about why his character could beat up his father's character, as he can't say much about the film. "So you're hitting us with a riddle," replied Jackson. "So now we got to go to the movie and make up our own minds whether The Equalizer can kick your ass or not."