John David Washington recounts meeting Morgan Freeman: 'I just lost it'

One may assume that having Denzel Washington for a father would absolve John David Washington's ability to get starstruck.

Enter: Morgan Freeman.

For Rolling Stone's "The First Time" video series, the 36-year-old recounted meeting Freeman: 

"The first time I was starstruck is when I met Morgan Freeman because I watched the movie Glory, just, 1,000 times-plus, and I had every line memorized. I knew every character, all the backstories. I knew the war sequences. I knew everything. The way he was in that movie, he had this very father-figure-like energy to him and characteristic, so when I got to meet him finally, I just lost it. I wanted him to say his lines. I asked him for his autograph. I didn't get the autograph, though."

Glory came out in 1989, and Denzel Washington won an Oscar for his role as Private Trip.