Giancarlo Esposito has revealed that he “hated” his Do the Right Thing co-star John Turturro during shooting – and expects the feeling was mutual.

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The two actors co-starred in Spike Lee’s seminal 1989 film exploring racial tensions in a working-class Brooklyn neighbourhood. Esposito played Buggin’ Out, a fast-talking advocate for the civil rights movement, while Turturro portrayed Pino, the overtly racist son of an Italian pizzeria owner.

“I hated him on Do the Right Thing , to be honest with you, and he probably hated me to a certain extent,” Esposito recalled during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter . “But I loved him all in the same emotional feeling because I recognised him.”

The two actors have now re-teamed for a new crime movie, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York , which opens in North America today (Friday October 30).…