A visit down reminiscence lane! Justin Lengthy recalled his first assembly with Crossroads costar Britney Spears, 18 years after the film hit theaters.
Lengthy, 41, informed Us Weekly solely that he hasn’t seen the 2002 movie “in a very long time” however admitted it “could be enjoyable” to rewatch it amid his coronavirus quarantine.
Whereas selling his “Life Is Quick With Justin Lengthy” podcast, the Jeepers Creepers actor mirrored on his time on set with Spears, 38, and the way “regular” she was.
“I simply bear in mind her being so good,” the Connecticut native informed Us. “She simply appeared, like, such a down-to-earth [person].”
Zoe Saldana, Taryn Manning and Britney Spears in ‘Crossroads’ Richard Foreman/Paramount/Zomba/Mtv/Kobal/Shutterstock
The He’s Simply Not That Into You star continued: “I bear in mind being so disarmed by how regular she appeared. It was on the top of her fame, and, like, everybody else, I used to be inundated by photos of her. She was so fashionable, so well-known.”
The F Is for Household alum — who starred alongside Spears, Zoe Saldana and Taryn Manning within the 2002 rom-com — remembered the popstar being identical to everybody else whereas working.
“You all the time simply form of assume that [fame] adjustments individuals, or they act, I don’t know, bigger than life. They act in a grandiose means — and he or she actually didn’t,” Lengthy added. “She was simply actually, actually candy and form of regular. That’s what I bear in mind.”
After the film, Spears targeted on her music as soon as once more — and her household — whereas Lengthy continued his movie and TV profession, voicing Alvin within the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies and starring in Dodgeball, Accepted and extra.
Over the previous 12 months, the Idiocracy star, nonetheless, has been busy internet hosting Wondery’s “Life Is Quick” podcast, which celebrated its one-year anniversary on Tuesday, Could 12.
“We’re excited. We will’t consider we lasted a complete 12 months,” Lengthy informed Us forward of the landmark episode, which featured Dax Shepard as its visitor.
“I used to be such a fan of his present earlier than doing all this, and so, it meant so much that he was our one-year visitor,” the Dreamland actor stated, noting many followers found his podcast after he appeared on Shepard’s “Armchair Professional” podcast. “It was important to us to have him have him as our visitor on this time.”
Lengthy gushed concerning the Parenthood alum, 45, and revealed that the 2 are comparable of their podcast types.
“I believe what makes him such a fantastic conversationalist is that he’s simply such a naturally curious particular person,” Lengthy stated of Shepard. “And I prefer to suppose that I’m as properly, which is why my brother [Christian] and I like doing the podcast.”
Take a look at the primary 12 months of episodes of the “Life is Quick” podcast now on Wondery.com.
With reporting by Marc Lupo
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