Josh Brolin Explains New Year's Day Arrest

Josh Brolin plays a cop in the new movie "Gangster Squad" but, in real life, the actor found himself on the other side of the law, in handcuffs.
Brolin, 44, started 2013 off with a New Year's Day arrest on a misdemeanor public intoxication charge. Officers reportedly found Brolin heavily intoxicated on a Santa Monica sidewalk and placed him in a Southern California jail cell for nearly six hours while he sobered up.
"New Year's, that's what happened," Brolin said today on " Good Morning America" of his arrest. "I'm the one guy who's out there and they go, 'Hey that's Josh. Let's grab him.'"
The Associated Press reported that Brolin was not given a citation for the arrest and will likely not have to appear in court. Brolin said the incident, which made headlines, was blown out of proportion.
"It was New Year's. It was a pretty innocent thing. It was a fun thing," he said. "The most awful thing about it is you see this shot of me, they don't show you the other shot