Hollywood actor Denzel Washington is a force to be reckoned with, and he made that very clear recently at the Cannes Film Festival.

The star’s fiery exchange with one of the press photographers stationed at the event is now going viral, with many wondering what on earth took place.

The star was pictured lashing out while attending the Cannes premiere of his film Highest 2 Lowest on Monday.

The 70-year-old A-list celeb was seen positioning his finger in the face of one of the snappers and screaming, ‘Stop it!’ during the very dramatic exchange.

The drama started when Washington seemed to be telling the photographer off for tapping them on the arm as he walked towards the red carpet with co-star ASAP Rocky.

The photographer was caught smiling and laughing while he was being chastised by the celeb, which further angered him. Moments after that, the photographer seemingly grabbed his arm again, and as one can expect, that was not a good look.

A very irritated Washington was seen flinging the photographer’s hand away and screaming, ‘Stop it, stop it!’- before they stormed off.

Now, Daily Mail has contacted representatives for the star’s team is figure out what really went on at that moment, but they’ve not heard back.