Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey have been prepping for a buddy comedy for years with out understanding it. The 2 actors first collaborated on the 1999 comedy “EDtv,” however the circumstances of their first assembly are somewhat bit hazy.
“I am somewhat dicey on once we first met. Woody, you declare we met lengthy earlier than I believe we met,” McConaughey admitted in a dialogue with Harrelson and Magic Metropolis Books. Harrelson insisted, “You do not bear in mind once we first met, that is the dicey half. I bear in mind, you do not bear in mind.”
“There was tequila concerned in that evening — it was a little bit of an impression, a bit hazy,” the “Interstellar” star conceded. “However we met one evening. I would at all times wished to fulfill you, after which we labored collectively, I believe it was ’97, on ‘EDtv.'” McConaughey remembers operating into Harrelson at a wardrobe becoming earlier than filming started. Not like their first assembly, this run-in was completely unforgettable.
“I look out [the window] and there is this man in bike shorts, an expert bike high, and he is nonetheless received his skilled bike using sneakers on,” McConaughey recalled. “That was Woody Harrelson, that is you, and also you got here into the room and also you have been mainly exhibiting as much as say ‘I’m not right here for a wardrobe take a look at, I come to this assembly in my wardrobe and we’re not gonna negotiate. That is the wardrobe.”
The 2 actors have been associates from that day ahead. “I began to like you proper then, man,” McConaughey informed Harrelson.