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The Academy Award-winning actor Jack Nicholson celebrates a decorated Hollywood career, since his inception in the 1970s. However, apart from being one of the greatest veteran actors in the film industry, Nicholson is also known for intimidating people. And evidently, the MCU actor Paul Rudd was his biggest victim of intimidation.
Appearing for an interview to discuss hisAnt-Manmovies, Paul Rudd opened up about his first impression of Jack Nicholson following their introduction. Set to work together in their 2010 movieHow Do You Know, Rudd was asked to meet Nicholson. And apparently, their meeting turned out to be something bizarre that the MCU actor never imagined.
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Paul Rudd Confessed Kissing Jack Nicholson
After delivering a splendid performance in Marvel’sAnt-Manmovies, Paul Rudd along with his co-stars appeared for an interview withMarvel UK. Playing the game of ‘Big Lies or Little Truths’ the Ant-Man actors took up the question of Rudd sharing several screen kisses with Jack Nicholson. Dropped with a bizarre question as such, all the actors called it a big lie.
However, little did they know, it was actually true, until Paul Rudd confessed. Recalling the time when he partnered with the legendary actorJack Nicholsonfor the 2010 rom-comHow Do You Know, Rudd confessed to sharing several kissing scenes with the actor. Stating how Rudd’s character was frequently greeted by Nicholson’s character with kisses, the MCU star mentioned being not so proud of the act.
“By the way, I don’t think there’s something that can be said about me that makes me prouder. I did a movie where he played my dad, and we had the kind of relationship that a father and a grown son, like, they kiss every time they see each other” Paul Rudd confessed.
Stating how there were major kissing scenes in the movie, Paul Rudd confessed to feeling awkward while acting. However, taking it as a challenge, the MCU actor delivered a phenomenal performance as always.
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Paul Rudd Was Intimidated By Jack Nicholson
After confessing about kissing Jack Nicholson several times for the movie, Paul Rudd opened up being intimidated by the actor, when they met for the first time. Recalling their meeting prior to their movie, Rudd confessed to being anxious about meeting a legendary actor of his stature. However, when he met Nicholson upfront, his concept totally changed following the actor’s bizarre greeting gesture.
“We did a lot of scenes together, so there was a lot of kissing.”Paul Ruddconfessed. However, further discussing Jack Nicholson’s real-life kiss-on-the-lips greeting, Rudd mentioned being stunned for the first time. Already feeling anxious and intimidated to meet the Oscar-winning actor, the MCU star was further surprised by a kiss on the lips from Nicholson when he went to meet the actor.
“When I met him, the very first time — and it’s intimidating, the very first time ever, I mean, to meet Jack Nicholson — he walked into the room, I was there, he walked in, he walked over to me, grabbed my shoulders and went [imitating Nicholson] and kissed me,” Paul Rudd disclosed.
Stating how the kiss was directly on the lips, theFRIENDSactor felt awkward and mentioned bursting out laughing. “Right on the lips. And I started laughing so hard. I’m like, man, what an introduction.” Rudd recalled what he felt at that moment. However, eventually the duo featured in James L. Brooks-directedHow Do You Knowwhich earned $48.7M at the box office.
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Source:Marvel UK
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