James McAvoy Met His Celebrity Crush Jennifer Aniston After Arriving In Hollywood. It Didn’t Go Well.

As a gamer with a soft spot for Hollywood lore, I can’t help but feel a pang of empathy for James McAvoy upon reading about his fateful encounter with Jennifer Aniston. Having been through my fair share of awkward run-ins with idols (a certain cosplayer at Comic Con comes to mind), I can imagine the mix of excitement and dread that must have coursed through him as he found himself standing next to his longtime crush.

Everyone has celebrities they’d be thrilled to meet face-to-face, yet at the same time, they might find these stars intimidating if ever we were to actually run into them. This feeling is especially intense for those with a “celebrity crush,” which many of us have (or perhaps had) at some point in our lives. If you become famous yourself, your chances of meeting your celebrity crush significantly increase, as Winston Duke and others have experienced. However, meeting that person can sometimes end disastrously, as it did when James McAvoy met Jennifer Aniston.

On the talk show “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” on Bravo, the star of “Speak No Evil” confessed that his celebrity crush from his younger years was Jennifer Aniston, known for her role in “Friends.” He shared an anecdote about a time when he actually came face-to-face with her. Not long after arriving in Hollywood, McAvoy encountered actress Lucy Liu at a gathering, which eventually placed him beside the object of his admiration. McAvoy recounted…

I had the opportunity to cross paths with her, but it wasn’t a particularly memorable encounter. It wasn’t due to any fault on her part; instead, the circumstances surrounding our meeting were less than ideal. When I was around 22 years old, I attended a party in L.A., and there I bumped into Lucy Liu. She turned out to be very kind towards me, even introducing me to her friends. Among them was none other than Jennifer Aniston, and somehow I ended up seated next to her at the gathering.

In regular situations, this setup would be ideal for encountering a famous person. You’re moments away from having a personal introduction to a celebrity by someone who is acquainted with her! Hopefully it will go smoothly! Perhaps they could have been friends, like Lucy Liu and Jennifer Aniston. If the young actor’s date is correct, Aniston was one of the celebrities married to Brad Pitt, and should have been with him during that time. Therefore, the actor might have crossed paths with another celebrity who was a crush for many others as well.

As I look back, it was about then that things took an unexpected turn for me, the aspiring actor. My chance encounter with Aniston, which I had been eagerly anticipating, suddenly vanished before my very eyes. Yet, I pressed on…

As she cheerily introduced me as “James,” I found myself momentarily abandoned when she was whisked off by a familiar face from our high school days. Left amidst the crowd, I nervously filled the silence with, “Well, hello everyone, I’m the new guy in town.

In an instant, James McAvoy transitioned from chatting with some interesting individuals to becoming the unknown figure in the crowd, leaving everyone around him feeling a bit uncomfortable, much like you might feel if you unexpectedly found yourself face-to-face with your favorite celebrity (though perhaps not as awkward as Kelly Clarkson’s well-known bathroom run-in). McAvoy later confirmed that Aniston was charming, but the encounter simply wasn’t ideal for anyone involved.

Today, James McAvoy is widely admired as a symbol of attractiveness (and possibly someone’s ideal celebrity), and his performance in “Speak No Evil” has been receiving much acclaim, likely drawing more attention to him. Here’s hoping that anyone who finds him appealing will have a pleasant encounter with him.

2024-09-13 20:37

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