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Some of the biggest names in entertainment didn’t just rise to fame on their own — they grew up side by side. From schoolyard bonds and shared auditions to sibling-like connections that lasted for decades, these celebrity friendships started long before the spotlight. Get ready for heartwarming reunions, surprising pairings, and a few true Hollywood bromances.
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00:00I cry and I say, love me, love me, say that you love me.
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're examining the surprising, heartwarming,
00:11and sometimes jaw-dropping friendships that were forged long before red carpets,
00:15Grammy stages, and Hollywood blockbusters.
00:18Look at the end.
00:20Or somebody's fantasy.
00:22We'll see the bonds that began when they were kids,
00:25and those that formed before they hit the lofty heights of fame.
00:28Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler
00:35Before Friends and Hollywood came along, Aniston and Sandler's camaraderie goes back decades.
00:40According to multiple interviews, the two first met in the early 90s at Jerry's Famous Deli in Los Angeles,
00:46when Aniston was dating one of Sandler's friends.
00:49While that romantic relationship didn't last, Sandler and Aniston's friendship did,
00:53staying close as they each built their careers.
00:55We were young, at Jerry's Deli, and we had breakfast together.
01:00You had eggs with ham and cheese, and what did I have?
01:03French toast.
01:04When I washed it down with...
01:06Oh, oh, chocolate milk!
01:08Like a grown man should.
01:10Their bond eventually led to them reuniting on screen,
01:13usually in love interest roles, such as 2011's Just Go With It and Netflix's murder mystery films.
01:19Over the years, both have described their relationship as family-like,
01:22with Sandler and his wife Jackie even sending Aniston flowers every Mother's Day.
01:27She's the best.
01:27We must have been, like, real family in another life.
01:30Very, yes, absolutely.
01:32Very so comfortable with each other, and she knows my family very well, and I know Jen.
01:36Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna
01:38While they were too young to remember,
01:40Garcia Bernal and Luna's friendship began when they were infants.
01:44According to their parents,
01:45One-year-old Garcia Bernal met his BFF when he was a couple of days old at the hospital.
01:50Since we were born, basically.
01:51Since you were born.
01:52Yeah.
01:53Your families were friends.
01:54Well, no, no, I came a year later, you know.
01:56Uh-huh.
01:56Okay.
01:57He came here to check it out.
01:58Uh-huh, make sure everything the coast is clear.
02:01He was waiting at the hospital.
02:03He wanted to receive me, everything.
02:04Their parents were close friends working in Mexico's theater scene,
02:08sparking their kids to become tight.
02:09Growing up in that artistic environment,
02:12they acted together as teenagers in the 1992 telenovela El Abuelo y Yo.
02:17Their bond carried into adulthood with breakout roles in 2001's Y Tu Mama Tambien,
02:22where director Alfonso Cuaron highlighted their natural chemistry.
02:25Hey, I'm going to travel without a lot of time.
02:28Yes, but I'm not.
02:30You're not going to have a fucking plane, we're going to have three planes.
02:35What's the best?
02:35Today, alongside close friends, they remain collaborators,
02:40co-founding production companies and starring together in further projects
02:43like 2024's La Machina.
02:45It's really amazing.
02:47And now you're doing this series.
02:49That's true.
02:50And that we stay friends, you know.
02:52And we're not acting here pretending we like each other
02:55just because it's good for our careers.
02:57Omar Epps and Marlon Wayans.
02:59Hollywood loves the enemies to lovers trope.
03:02But what about enemies to BFFs?
03:04If the writers need inspiration, Epps and Wayans can provide it.
03:08Reportedly, when the pair first met as kids, they initially disliked each other.
03:13After getting into a physical altercation and realizing they had the same fighting style,
03:17sounding more like anime than real life, the rivalry flipped into a lifelong bond.
03:21We had the same technique.
03:22I remember I had you like this and you was digging this part of your wrist into my jaw
03:26and I was digging that into your head and you was like,
03:29yo, we got the same technique, we should join forces.
03:33Their friendship later intersected with hip-hop history,
03:36with Wayans recalling Tupac Shakur playing a practical joke on Epps on the Juice set.
03:41I used to wait for Omar to go to sleep.
03:43I put lipstick on Omar, put a wig on her.
03:46Oh man.
03:48But he cigarette butt in his mouth.
03:49That white?
03:50Yeah, man.
03:51Oh man.
03:51He got them big old, he got them eyes like family guy eyes.
03:55Multiple times, Wayans has publicly named Epps as his best friend.
03:58For one, with Wired, he stated that they, quote,
04:01dreamt about being famous together and made those dreams real.
04:04You know what's funny is, it's the truth.
04:07That's what makes it funny.
04:08We literally got stuck and then we got cool after that and we've been thick as thieves ever since then.
04:14Snoop Dogg and Cameron Diaz.
04:16Probably up there among the least likely childhood acquaintances are Snoop and Diaz.
04:21The duo both attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in California.
04:25Snoop, then a year ahead of Diaz, was already known for rapping in the corridors,
04:29while Diaz was a popular cheerleader.
04:31Because some of her friends are my friends and all of my friends say,
04:35you don't remember her?
04:36She used to be the one that was over here.
04:37And I'm like, oh yeah, whatever.
04:38I wasn't paying no attention because my mind was on the older girls.
04:41I wasn't tripping off the girls that was just coming to high school.
04:44The actor has recalled seeing him around campus,
04:47describing him as, quote, tall and skinny with, quote, lots of ponytails.
04:51Plus, in 2011, she famously joked on Lopez Tonight
04:55that she bought the devil's lettuce from Snoop during those years.
04:58We went to high school together.
04:59He was a year older than me, and, you know, I remember him there.
05:03There was a lot of kids that are supposed to be, like, 3,500 kids.
05:06But I remember him.
05:07He was very tall and skinny, wore lots of ponytails in his head,
05:10and I'm pretty sure I bought weed from him.
05:13Yeah!
05:14Yeah!
05:17I had to have.
05:18Snoop also confirmed they shared mutual friends
05:21and ran in overlapping circles at school.
05:23So, with that connection, don't be surprised if one day we get Diaz guest rapping
05:27on one of Snoop's tracks.
05:29And then she opened a can of worms, and I was like,
05:31yeah, I did used to sell a little something, something on it.
05:34Since I wasn't gonna say nothing, but since she did.
05:37Hello.
05:37Adele and Jessie J.
05:39All across the world, plenty of kids have spent their school lunchtime
05:43singing with a friend.
05:44Yet not many duos went on to have separate, successful music careers.
05:48One example of a pair doing just that is Adele and Jessie.
05:52I know, Adele, Adele.
05:53I was in the same year at Brit school as Adele.
05:55Same year, yeah.
05:55And we used to hang out at lunchtimes, and someone played guitar,
05:57and we'd, like, try and out-riff each other.
05:59Both attended the renowned Brit school in Croydon, England,
06:02where the duo would belt out tunes during their breaks.
06:05Sometimes, another person would be there with a guitar.
06:08While their busy careers have impacted that once-close bond,
06:11as Jessie stated to People in 2020, they've still remained friendly.
06:15The Brit Awards, and I came off, and I'd given my speech,
06:17and she'd just sung, and I was like, babe.
06:19She was like, babe.
06:20And I was like, babe.
06:21Babe.
06:22It was just a conversation of just the word babe.
06:24It was amazing.
06:25She still texts Adele when she can,
06:27and hopes they'll record together someday,
06:29noting their contrasting voices would make something, quote,
06:32deeper than a classic pop track.
06:33Well, we had no idea what would happen, I guess.
06:35When you're at college, you're kind of just trying to get your grades,
06:38but we used to sing at lunchtimes together,
06:41which was really surreal thinking about it now.
06:43Yeah.
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06:59Did we just become best friends?
07:00Yep!
07:01Lena Dunham and Jemima Kirk.
07:03This friendship began long before girls.
07:05They met as teenagers at St. Anne's School in Brooklyn,
07:08where they quickly became inseparable.
07:10I feel very hot and dizzy and constricted.
07:15Right.
07:15Yeah.
07:16Right.
07:16Well, um, we can fix it.
07:18Kirk later appeared in Dunham's 2010 film Tiny Furniture,
07:21a favor that helped launch her acting career.
07:24Dunham then pitched her childhood friend to HBO while developing girls,
07:28casting Kirk as Jessa Johansson,
07:30even convincing her to shoot the pilot while pregnant.
07:32One time you told me to get out of your dressing room
07:35because you were sick of looking at me,
07:36but then you laughed really hard.
07:39Yes.
07:40I don't think that counts.
07:40That was in the beginning, though.
07:41We've all grown since.
07:43Unfortunately, having such a long history means it won't always be smooth.
07:47Dunham's memoir, Fame Sick, notes moments of tension,
07:50including Kirk disliking having her as a boss and threatening to quit girls.
07:54Still, Dunham has said they remain close, frequently texting,
07:58and has credited Kirk with giving her confidence as a director.
08:01We're definitely friends.
08:02It's definitely, um, a stronger relationship now because of all of that.
08:08Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland
08:09Rooted in the years Rowland spent living with the Knowles family
08:12after moving to Houston as a young girl,
08:14this duo would stand the test of time.
08:16Just can't get you out of my head.
08:19Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.
08:22Just think about...
08:22Effectively treating her like a sibling,
08:24Rowland referred to Beyoncé's mom as Mama T.
08:27By the early 90s, the two were performing together in girls' time.
08:31Experiencing changes, label setbacks, and multiple name changes
08:35before evolving into the culture-shifting Destiny's Child.
08:43While their careers took them in different directions,
08:46they've remained close,
08:47even publicly supporting each other's achievements
08:49and referring to each other as best friends.
08:52More than three decades on,
08:53their bond has carried them through childhood,
08:56chart-topping success, and motherhood.
08:58She broke so many records
09:00and just had so many
09:03different, incredible, pivotal moments on that tour,
09:05and we just wanted to be there for her.
09:07Paul McCartney and George Harrison
09:08Before the Beatles were changing the music landscape,
09:12McCartney and Harrison were just two schoolboys
09:14in Liverpool, England.
09:15Yet, despite McCartney being a year older,
09:17which can feel like a massive gap at that age,
09:20the two bonded on the school bus journeys
09:21over their love of rock and roll
09:23and passion for guitars.
09:24Just a rumor, yeah.
09:26Yeah.
09:27I think Paul used to get them all with his, you know.
09:32The duo would even build one of the instruments together.
09:36When he and John Lennon were looking for a guitar player
09:38for their band,
09:39McCartney suggested Harrison.
09:41Like coming full circle,
09:42they got Harrison to audition
09:44on the top deck of an empty bus.
09:46Immediately, he was accepted,
09:47and the group would form The Beatles,
09:49changing music forever.
09:51I was with Olivia Harrison, George's wife, recently.
09:55She said,
09:55Oh, George told me about that
09:57when you sat on the battery.
09:59And I said,
10:00No, George sat on that.
10:02We'll never know.
10:03It's lost to history, maybe.
10:04I'm going.
10:05You know.
10:06Believe me.
10:06Christopher Reeve and Robin Williams
10:08This double act was forged
10:10when they were roommates at Juilliard in the 1970s.
10:13The two could not have been more different in energy.
10:16Reeve was calm and disciplined,
10:18while Williams was a live wire.
10:20Yet, regardless of the contrast,
10:22they clicked instantly.
10:23Through the early years,
10:25they supported each other through auditions,
10:27being broke students,
10:28and the grind of early careers.
10:30Their bond only deepened after Reeve's 1995 accident.
10:33Papers made it imply that I,
10:34you know,
10:35we had this pact that if something happens to him,
10:37I will take care of him.
10:38I've done some things,
10:39but it made it seem like I'm,
10:40you know,
10:40footing all the bills.
10:41It doesn't give him the dignity
10:42that he's going to take care of himself.
10:44I go visit him.
10:45While the Superman actor was in the hospital,
10:47Williams showed up disguised as a Russian doctor,
10:49delivering a chaotic,
10:51profane routine that made Reeve laugh
10:53for the first time since his devastating injury.
10:55Robin showed up in character,
10:57in the ICU,
10:59as a Russian proctologist.
11:01That moment became emblematic of their relationship.
11:04Decades of loyalty,
11:06humor,
11:06and genuine affection
11:07that lasted until Reeve died in 2004.
11:10He came here to Kessler one afternoon
11:12and just,
11:15thank God I wear a seatbelt in his chair
11:17because I would have fallen out laughing.
11:19Tisha Campbell and Tashina Arnold.
11:21When you're a child actor auditioning
11:23for the same roles as another kid,
11:24it wouldn't be unusual
11:26to develop a lifelong rivalry.
11:28Yet for Campbell and Arnold,
11:29it instead formed a four-decade-long friendship.
11:32In their early careers,
11:33they met when auditioning,
11:35going head-to-head for the same parts.
11:37You know what?
11:37We always rooted for one another.
11:40Even when we were in direct competition
11:42with one another,
11:43it was really about,
11:45if I don't get it,
11:45I really hope she does.
11:47By their teens,
11:48they were already working together.
11:50First in 1986's Little Shop of Horrors
11:52and later as scene-stealing best friends
11:55on the 90s sitcom Martin,
11:56where their off-screen closeness
11:58shaped their on-screen chemistry
11:59that audiences loved.
12:01That connection never faded.
12:03Through career highs,
12:04personal challenges,
12:05and new collaborations,
12:06Campbell and Arnold
12:07have remained each other's constant,
12:09describing their relationship
12:10not as friendship,
12:11but as chosen family.
12:13You two go so far back,
12:14you were best friends growing up as kids.
12:16We were 11 and 12,
12:17but she makes sure that I say 11 and 12
12:19because she wants everybody to know
12:20that I'm older than her.
12:22Jonah Hill and Adam Levine.
12:23It's safe to say that Jonah Hill
12:25and Adam Levine's friendship
12:26is much more than a Hollywood connection.
12:28Remember that time I got you
12:29to steal a candy bar
12:30and then you started crying?
12:32No.
12:33Yeah, you tried to return it
12:34and the cashier just laughed in your face
12:36and then you started crying even more?
12:38No, I did not cry.
12:40I stole the candy bar,
12:41yeah, but I didn't cry.
12:42Growing up in Los Angeles,
12:43the two were raised in close households
12:45and attended the same schools.
12:47Hill has often described Levine
12:48as a, quote,
12:49brother,
12:50someone he shared everything with
12:51long before he broke out in Superbad
12:53and Adam took off in Maroon 5.
12:55The best part is
12:56they didn't drift apart as adults.
12:58If anything,
12:59their bond strengthened.
13:00Hill famously officiated Levine's 2014 wedding
13:04to Beati Prinsloo,
13:05proving the two remain deeply connected.
13:07Is it true that you went to Adam's wedding
13:10and you married the two of them?
13:12Um, that is true.
13:14Is that pressure for you?
13:15Yes.
13:16Their lives may have taken them
13:17into completely different corners
13:19of entertainment,
13:20but the foundation they built as kids
13:22has never wavered.
13:23You know I don't cry.
13:24It's my thing is I don't cry.
13:25I know, you're so tough.
13:27Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez.
13:28Hey, I'm Selena Gomez.
13:30And I'm Demi Lovato.
13:31Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez's kinship
13:33began in one of the most unexpected
13:35yet wholesome places,
13:36the set of Barney and Friends.
13:38I better go get ready too, Barney.
13:40Bye.
13:41Oh, buh-bye.
13:42I'll see you soon.
13:43Are you coming, Angela?
13:45No, you go on.
13:47I'm gonna stay and practice
13:48my trumpet a little more.
13:49Yep.
13:50They were both just seven years old
13:51when they met,
13:52bonding instantly during filming
13:53and forming a close-knit friendship
13:55as they navigated early childhood acting.
13:57Their paths later converged again
13:59on Disney Channel,
14:00where they rose to fame
14:01during the same era.
14:02While they've been open
14:03about drifting apart at times,
14:05Demi and Selena have spoken
14:06with respect and affection
14:07about what that childhood connection meant.
14:09We were talking about her record
14:10and my record
14:12and just kind of catching up
14:13and we took the 300 selfies
14:15that girls take.
14:16For that one.
14:17And we ended up just, I guess,
14:18just going for the one that was silly.
14:20While their relationship has evolved,
14:22the shared beginning
14:23is something neither has ever dismissed.
14:25Oh, thank you.
14:27You know, wow.
14:28You know, big deal.
14:29Kate Hudson and Liv Tyler.
14:30You know, if we sit here
14:31in a long night,
14:32we can probably see
14:33the lady of the like.
14:34Who's that?
14:35I don't know, lady of the like.
14:36Turns out one of Hollywood's
14:37coolest friendships
14:38started way before the fame.
14:40Coming of age in Los Angeles,
14:42Kate Hudson and Liv Tyler
14:43were both part of the same social orbit
14:45thanks to their famous parents,
14:47Goldie Hawn and Steven Tyler.
14:48This meant they shared
14:49early experiences,
14:51social circles,
14:51and early brushes
14:52with the entertainment industry together.
14:54They've described their bond
14:55as a kind of sisterhood,
14:57a comfort that came
14:58from understanding
14:58the unique pressure
14:59of being raised in the spotlight.
15:01As adults,
15:02Hudson and Tyler
15:02remained tightly connected,
15:04supporting each other's careers
15:05and major life moments.
15:07Ah, you made me cry.
15:10Adam Copeland and Jay Riso,
15:11aka Edge and Christian.
15:13Edge and Christian!
15:15Edge and Christian!
15:16I want it!
15:18I knew it!
15:19Few bonds in professional wrestling
15:22run as deep or as long
15:23as that of Adam Edge Copeland
15:25and Jay Christian Riso's.
15:27Their story begins
15:28in Orangeville, Ontario,
15:30where the pair met as kids
15:31and bonded almost immediately
15:32over their obsession
15:33with pro wrestling.
15:34They went to the same high school,
15:36trained side by side,
15:37and pushed one another
15:38through grueling early days
15:40on the independent scene.
15:41So many memories
15:42came flooding back.
15:43Christian Cage
15:44and Sexton Hardcastle,
15:45the new insane
15:46Street Fight Champions
15:47planned to hold on
15:48to the titles
15:49no matter what it takes.
15:50No matter what?
15:51Edge and Christian's rise
15:53to WWE stardom
15:54in the late 90s
15:55felt like a shared victory
15:56after years of struggling together.
15:58And even as they've become
15:59industry favorites
16:00in their own right,
16:01their lifelong friendship
16:02has never faltered.
16:04Took me right back
16:05to that place.
16:06That was fun.
16:08It was fun.
16:08Yeah.
16:12Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein.
16:14Ben and I have been best friends.
16:15We met at a bat mitzvah.
16:17Okay, gotcha.
16:18Of course.
16:20Some friendships begin early,
16:21and Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein's
16:23is no exception.
16:24Meeting at a bat mitzvah
16:26and reconnecting later
16:26in their youth,
16:27Ben and Beanie became
16:28especially close over the years.
16:30Like others,
16:31they also attended
16:32the same schools
16:33and gravitated toward
16:34the same theater programs.
16:35He joined my school
16:36in ninth grade,
16:37and we instantly
16:37became best friends.
16:38And sort of the way
16:39that he knew
16:41we were best friends
16:41was the second week
16:43of school,
16:44he got his braces off,
16:45and he texted me
16:46like I got my braces off,
16:47and I left my class
16:49to come see his teeth.
16:51As adults,
16:52their careers blossomed
16:53in different directions,
16:54Platt dominating Broadway
16:55with Dear Evan Hansen
16:56and Feldstein carving out
16:58her own path
16:58with the likes of
16:59Lady Bird and Booksmart.
17:01But they never let success
17:02interfere with their bond.
17:04In fact,
17:05Platt performed
17:05at Feldstein's wedding.
17:07How sweet.
17:08Beanie loves Funny Girl,
17:09which for those who don't know,
17:10she's going to star
17:10in Funny Girl
17:11on Broadway.
17:14Which is wild.
17:16And I always knew
17:16she loved Funny Girl,
17:17so it said like,
17:18don't rain on my parade,
17:19please come to prom with me.
17:20No way.
17:21And now she's Fanny Bryce.
17:22And there we are.
17:24Here's your prom photo.
17:24Uh-huh.
17:25Look at this.
17:26There's prom dates right there.
17:27That's what I'm talking about.
17:29Jada Pinkett Smith
17:29and Tupac Shakur.
17:31He comes over,
17:31introduces himself.
17:33Yeah,
17:33first day of school.
17:35Baltimore School of the Arts.
17:37The deep relationship
17:38between Jada Pinkett Smith
17:39and Tupac Shakur
17:40began in the vibrant
17:41artistic environment
17:42of the Baltimore School
17:43for the Arts
17:44in the mid-1980s.
17:45Both were young teens
17:46navigating complicated
17:47personal lives at the time,
17:49and their shared ambition
17:50forged a deep
17:51emotional connection.
17:52Jada has repeatedly
17:53described Tupac
17:54as someone special to her,
17:56someone who supported
17:57and inspired her.
17:58Although their paths diverged
18:00as Tupac moved into hip-hop
18:01and Jada into acting,
18:02they continued to communicate
18:04throughout their rapid
18:04rises in entertainment.
18:05That is why I want
18:07to commit myself to you.
18:08I want to marry you.
18:10He sends you that letter?
18:11Yeah,
18:12it's a much longer letter
18:13than that,
18:14but that's the words
18:16that I put in the book.
18:18Tupac's death in 1996
18:19left a lasting impact
18:21on Jada,
18:21and she speaks of him
18:22with deep love and respect
18:24to this day.
18:25Gwyneth Paltrow
18:25and Maya Rudolph.
18:27Yeah,
18:27and the question is,
18:28which former SNL star
18:30has been friends
18:30with Gwyneth
18:31since they were little kids?
18:32Katie and Tori
18:33are going to play
18:34with us today.
18:34Ladies,
18:35is it Tina Fey,
18:37Amy Poehler,
18:38Maya Rudolph,
18:39or Kristen Wiig?
18:40Easy,
18:41Maya Rudolph.
18:42Thanks to creative parents,
18:44Gwyneth Paltrow
18:44and Maya Rudolph's connection
18:45traces all the way back
18:47to their childhoods
18:47in Los Angeles.
18:48Paltrow's mother,
18:49Blythe Danner,
18:50and Rudolph's mother,
18:51the iconic singer
18:52Minnie Riperton,
18:53moved in similar
18:54entertainment circles.
18:55This led to the girls
18:56attending the same
18:57Crossroads School
18:58for Arts and Sciences.
18:59But they weren't
19:00just classmates.
19:01They were part
19:02of the same
19:02community of children
19:03growing up
19:04with unique
19:04expectations
19:05placed on them.
19:06Their careers
19:06eventually took them
19:08down very different
19:09paths,
19:09with Paltrow
19:10becoming an Oscar
19:11winning film star
19:11and Rudolph
19:12breaking out on SNL.
19:14Yet their mutual
19:14warmth has endured
19:16over the years.
19:17No one has ever
19:18said anything
19:19bad about me before.
19:20Leonardo DiCaprio
19:21and Tobey Maguire.
19:22I knew you looked familiar.
19:23You're having a good time,
19:24old sport.
19:25Oh, the whole thing's
19:25incredible.
19:26It's said that
19:27Leonardo DiCaprio
19:28and Tobey Maguire's
19:29friendship began
19:29in The Grind.
19:31As children auditioning
19:32around Los Angeles
19:33in the late 80s,
19:34Leo and Tobey
19:35repeatedly crossed paths
19:36at casting calls.
19:37I'll miss you both.
19:39See you, Leo.
19:40Bye, Tobey.
19:41Sparking up
19:42a spontaneous friendship,
19:43the stars are now
19:44part of one of
19:45Showbiz's longest
19:46lasting bromances.
19:47I missed them
19:48a lot today.
19:49With both boys
19:50raised by single mothers
19:51and hustling for roles,
19:52they found comfort
19:53in having someone
19:54who understood the struggle.
19:55Even as their careers
19:56reached enormous heights,
19:58they stayed tightly connected
19:59and eventually reunited
20:01on screen in
20:02The Great Gatsby.
20:03Now that is a Hollywood
20:04success story
20:05if we've ever heard one.
20:06You sure you want me to come?
20:08Absolutely, old sport.
20:10Absolutely.
20:11Nicole Kidman
20:12and Naomi Watts.
20:13My friend,
20:14Nicole Kidman,
20:16who I met,
20:17we were 15 years old.
20:19Like Leo and Tobey,
20:21Nicole Kidman
20:21and Naomi Watts'
20:22friendship is also rooted
20:23in the early days
20:24of pursuing
20:25their acting dreams.
20:26The pair first crossed paths
20:27as teenagers
20:28in Sydney, Australia
20:29and quickly bonded
20:30over auditions
20:31and the desire
20:32to break into film.
20:33We covered everything.
20:35What movies we loved,
20:37what friends we had in common,
20:38our parents,
20:39schools,
20:40parties,
20:42boyfriends,
20:42teenage stuff,
20:43you know.
20:44Their big on-screen moment
20:45came together
20:46in the 1991
20:46coming-of-age movie
20:48Flirting,
20:48where they grew
20:49even closer.
20:50For Watts,
20:51the early years
20:52in the industry
20:52were particularly difficult
20:53and she has credited
20:55Kidman for helping
20:56sustain her confidence,
20:57especially before
20:58she found her breakout role
20:59in Mulholland Drive.
21:00Today,
21:01the two are still
21:02extremely close,
21:03praising one another's
21:04achievements
21:05with genuine admiration.
21:06Nicole set out to prove
21:07that she is in fact
21:09a fearless performer
21:10leading to that big kiss.
21:12I'm ready to don this cap
21:14and kiss any woman
21:15in the room.
21:18If you love games,
21:20be sure to check out
21:20WatchMojo's new game,
21:21Terrible Influence,
21:23just launched for purchase
21:24at terribleinfluence.com.
21:26Terrible Influence
21:27is a satirical board game
21:28about the dark side of fame
21:29from the writer
21:30of the most popular girls
21:31in school and us,
21:32WatchMojo.
21:33Boom.
21:34I can make an apology video.
21:35Oh, he was so good.
21:37Click on the link
21:37in the description
21:38to check out the game
21:39and be the first
21:39to play Terrible Influence.
21:42Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
21:44See, in the beginning,
21:45it was just us and him,
21:46angels and God.
21:47Uh-huh.
21:48Then he created humans.
21:49Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's
21:51friendship is practically
21:51a Hollywood legend,
21:53and for good reason.
21:54Growing up in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
21:56they lived only a few blocks apart
21:57and met when Affleck was 8
21:59and Damon was 10.
22:00They bonded over movies,
22:02acting, and sports,
22:03quickly becoming besties.
22:05You know,
22:05he's a pretty good friend.
22:06As teenagers,
22:07they even shared bank accounts
22:08to afford auditions
22:09and pushed each other
22:10to stay committed.
22:12Their perseverance led
22:13to Good Will Hunting,
22:14which they co-wrote
22:15and starred in.
22:16Oh, it was nice to meet you.
22:18Take it easy.
22:20Slowly back away.
22:23Oh, and it also earned them
22:25the Academy Award
22:26for Best Original Screenplay.
22:28Decades later,
22:29they still work together,
22:30tease each other,
22:31and describe their friendship
22:32as one of the most important
22:34constants in their lives.
22:36You're like a child.
22:37What do I keep telling you?
22:38You gotta do the safe picture,
22:39then you do the art picture.
22:41And then sometimes
22:41you gotta do the payback picture
22:42because your friend says
22:43you owe it.
22:45What was the moment
22:46when you realized
22:47that you became
22:48best friends with someone?
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