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James McAvoy details 'rough' first meeting with celebrity crush Jennifer Aniston: 'It wasn't great'

Scottish actor James McAvoy revealed he had a 'rough' first meeting with Jennifer Aniston as a young actor that had just recently moved to Los Angeles.

While appearing on Wednesday's episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, the Scottish actor, 45, recalled an awkward encounter with the Golden Globe winner, 55, at a party in Hollywood at the start of his career (pictured in June 2024) Meanwhile, McAvoy kicked off his his screen career at age 16 in the 1995 thriller, The Near Room, before landing his breakout role in the miniseries, Children of Dune. The star said he called up Aniston before they started filming Friends in a bid to impress her with two acting roles he had booked - but she was allegedly left unimpressed.

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