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James McAvoy had a “rough” first meeting with Jennifer Aniston.
The “Wanted” star, 45, revealed he found himself in the company of the “Friends” alum, 55, at a showbiz party shortly after he first moved to Los Angeles when he was in his 20s — and he made a fool of himself because he was so starstruck.
During an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” Wednesday, McAvoy said, “I did meet her, and it wasn’t great. … [not] because she’s not great.”
James McAvoy recalled having a “rough” first meeting with Jennifer Aniston on “Watch What Happens Live.” Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen/YouTube “It was rough. But she was lovely,” he said. jenniferaniston/InstagramHe went on to explain, “I was at a party when I was really young. I was like 22 in LA. And I met Lucy Liu, and Lucy Liu was really, really nice to me.
“She was like, ‘Come meet my friends.’ There was a big circle of her friends, and one of them happened to be Jennifer Aniston, and I got parked right beside Jennifer Aniston.
“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, and she went away. I was just left standing with all these people going, ‘Hey, what’s up? I’m new in town.'”
McAvoy, pictured here in 2022, met Aniston shortly after moving to LA in his 20s. GC Images He remembered saying to her, “So you’re Jennifer Aniston, and you’re in ‘Friends.'” Variety via Getty ImagesWant more celebrity and pop culture news?
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McAvoy then turned to Aniston and said, “So you’re Jennifer Aniston, and you’re in ‘Friends.’“
He added, “It was rough. But she was lovely.”
The revelation comes after McAvoy opened up about his early life and revealed he is not afraid of failing because of his beloved grandmother.
“It wasn’t great. … [not] because she’s not great,” the actor clarified. jamesmcavoyrealdeal/Instagram The actress, seen here in April, starred in “Friends” from 1994 to 2004. Variety via Getty ImagesThe actor spent a lot of time with his granny as a child and lived with her for a time after his parents’s divorce — and he believes she gave him the tools to survive the tough side of working in the entertainment industry.
He told the Guardian newspaper: “I’m really lucky in a lot of ways, mainly that my granny’s all over me. I’ve definitely got a large dose of what she has. …
“She doesn’t really give a f–k about what anybody thinks of her. So it liberates her. I’m definitely capable of being embarrassed, but I don’t feel embarrassed about being masculine enough, I don’t feel embarrassed about getting it wrong or not being clued-up, not knowing something that other people know.”
