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.”
He 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 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.
