‘Looks more like Gary Busey’: Carey Mulligan trolled for getting starstruck by Brad Pitt on 1st meeting

'I didn't know how to talk to him, so I didn't,' the actress shared
PUBLISHED FEB 16, 2024
Carey Mulligan met Brad Pitt at the Santa Barbara Film Festival (Jamie McCarthy/WireImage and Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)
Carey Mulligan met Brad Pitt at the Santa Barbara Film Festival (Jamie McCarthy/WireImage and Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Carey Mulligan reportedly went silent when she saw Brad Pitt in front of her at the 2024 Santa Barbara Film Festival.

She revealed during the 2024 Oscars nominees luncheon, as per PEOPLE, “I'd never met him before and I walked into the green room and he was in there and I didn't know how to talk to him, so I didn't.”

(L-R) Honoree Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, moderator Pete Hammond, and Brad Pitt pose with the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 08, 2024, in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)
(L-R) Honoree Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, moderator Pete Hammond, and Brad Pitt pose with the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 08, 2024, in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

Brad Pitt initiated a chat with Carey Mulligan

The actress further shared, “And then we were in our seats and he was sat in the seat behind me, but I didn't know that he was.”

“And then I felt this tap on my shoulder and I turned around and it was him and he went, 'Hey, Carey,' and I went, 'Oh God, Brad Pitt!' So that was cool,’” the ‘Maestro’ star mentioned.

Bradley Cooper says working on Maestro ‘was joyous’

Bradley Cooper was also present at the event and spoke about the Oscar-nominated 'Maestro’.

He told Extra, “The coolest thing is seeing all of the people that we got to work with up there… It was very emotional for me to watch Steven [Spielberg] walk up there and that he believed in us it was pretty awesome.”

Speaking further about the film director, Cooper said, “It's interesting. You know, he sort of wrapped himself in love and he exuded Lenny in so many ways, and it felt like that that was our banner for the whole film, just joy, joy.”

Honoree Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan pose with the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 08, 2024, in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)
Honoree Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan pose with the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award during the 39th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival at The Arlington Theatre on February 08, 2024, in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF)

“Every day was joyous. I've never had such a joyous experience on a movie ever,” the 49-year-old actor noted.

‘The Hangover’ star also added, “The truth is, though, that the experience I'll walk away from is the living of the movie, and then the benefit is that — and the reason why one does it — is that hopefully it connects with people, so when we have people come up to us and talk about that they've seen it and they felt something or connect to it.”

‘He's looking more like Garey Busey'

Meanwhile, there were a few reactions to Mulligan being starstruck by Pitt.

A Reddit user said, “He’s looking more like Gary Busey these days.”

The second user wrote, “That’s funny. She said the same thing when she dated Shia LaBeouf.”

The third one commented, “Don’t feel bad - lots of guys feel the same way.”

“Just don't say what his kids and ex-wife said to him when he lost his shit on them on an airplane,” the fourth user mentioned.

“She was actually starstruck by the Hollywood legend ❤️💯,” a tweet on X read.



 

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