James McAvoy’s first meeting with celeb crush Jennifer Aniston was ‘rough’ — here’s what he said
nypost.com“Watch What Happens Live,” James McAvoy, 45, revealed an embarrassing incident from his youth when he met his celeb crush, Jennifer Aniston.
The Scottish actor, who was promoting his new thriller movie “Speak No Evil” (now in theaters), told a story about how he met the “Friends” star at a Hollywood party at the beginning of his career. “I did meet her and it wasn’t great,” McAvoy told host Andy Cohen. “Not because she’s not great,” he added.
The “X-Men: First Class” star explained, “I was at a party when I was really young, I was like 22 in L.A., and I met Lucy Liu.
And Lucy Liu was really, really nice to me and she was like, ‘Come meet my friends.'”He recalled how the “Charlie’s Angels” star led McAvoy over to a group of people that included Aniston. “I got parked right beside Jennifer Aniston,” McAvoy said. “And just as [Liu] was like, ‘Hey, guys, meet my new friend James,’ instead of saying that, she got pulled aside by a guy she went to high school with.
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