Celebrity encounters can be tough sledding. Odds are, we’ve all had a weird interaction with one of our favorite famous people and it doesn’t go exactly as planned. Maybe it’s a sputter of “OHMYGODYOURETHEAHHHHHHHHH!” or you throw up on your shoes or maybe you’ve rudely hassled Michael Showalter for a photograph while not having a camera present. (That last one is on your author.) It’s the sort of thing that can plop an invisible dunce cap on your head whenever you think back to that encounter. Don’t feel too bad, though. John Goodman (aka first ballot Hall of Fame lovable guy) knows your pain.
With 10 Cloverfield Lane set to hit theaters this weekend, Goodman popped by The Howard Stern Show for an interview. In their chat, Goodman fessed up to an uncomfortable encounter he had with SNL alum Kristen Wiig. He says he was so excited to meet the actress that he couldn’t help himself and that proved to be a major mistake.
“She was talking to somebody else, and I was just – I think she’s so great, and the social barriers broke down and I interrupted the conversation,” Goodman, 63, confessed, adding, “And I would just hate for somebody to do that to me. And she goes, ‘yeah, I’ll talk to you in a minute.’ [makes sound of bomb dropping] It was like the Atom. I shrunk down to Atom size. I really like her, and it was embarrassing, so I’ll never speak to her again.”
Presumably this can all be patched up, right? It sounds like an uncomfortable misunderstanding and maybe some yuks can be wrung out of it come Saturday’s edition of Weekend Update. (We’re not promising anything, just tossing that out there.)
Goodman also shared a story about not quite fitting in while making the film The Monuments Men. He says that getting along with Bill Murray went great, but things didn’t quite click with some of his other co-stars.
“I tried to hang with them, but Matt and George would always have these conversations and they’d go out for cocktails afterwards and I don’t really drink. I don’t bring a lot to that party because they’re super A-level guys.”
If it’s any consolation to Goodman, audiences didn’t really fit in with the movie either. Plus, he’s a super-duper A+ level guy in our hearts. Let’s scrap that Weekend Update idea from earlier and rent a bouncy house for Goodman, Wiig, Clooney and Damon to hop around in. Everyone will have a lovely time and be forged by the bond of novelty jumping apparatuses. Just a thought.
