Washington and Grazer buy drug lord a home

Denzel Washington and Hollywood producer Brian Grazer have joined forces to buy a home for a former New York drug kingpin.

The movie heavyweights were so impressed with wheelchair-bound Frank Lucas when he offered advice on the set of their new film American Gangster, they decided to treat him to a new house.

Washington plays Lucas in the film.

Grazer says: "He hung in with us and we decided to give Frank a little extra so he could have a place to live."