Joseph Quinn is a classically skilled actor — however admittedly not nice at first impressions.
The “Stranger Things” star sat down with Josh Horowitz for an interview on Monday’s episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast and, when requested in regards to the cringiest celeb encounter he’s had since discovering fame, didn’t should assume too lengthy to recollect.
“I met Taylor Swift once and I said, ‘You’re Taylor Swift,’” answered Quinn. “And she was very funny. She said something nice about the show and I said, ‘Oh thanks! You’re Taylor Swift!’ I meant it as a compliment … I remember thinking, ‘That was fucking stupid.’”
“But she was very good-humored about it,” he continued.
Swift continues to dominate the present popular culture zeitgeist together with her record-breaking “Eras Tour” and publicized relationship with Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce.
Quinn didn’t reveal the place or when he met the singer and songwriter, although Swift does have a friendship with one in all his co-stars.
Sadie Sink, who joined “Stranger Things” in Season 2, starred within the brief movie Swift directed for her personal 2021 tune “All Too Well.” The Grammy winner even wrote about Sink for Entertainment Weekly’s 2022 “Entertainers of the Year” column.
“She is a force to watch and a pleasure to know,” wrote Swift on the time. “I’ll continue to feel just as lucky to watch from afar as she lights up the screen, tells new stories, and shows us new sides of herself … and we get to look on as she courageously unveils them.”
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Quinn, whose “Stranger Things” character Eddie Munson turned a fan favourite in Season 4, is at present unveiling new sides of his personal: He’s not solely selling “A Quiet Place: Day One,” however will quickly be seen in Ridley Scott’s long-anticipated “Gladiator” sequel.
When prodded about his starstruck self, in the meantime, Quinn admitted that “the stuff that comes out of your mouth when you’re caught off-guard” will be “a lot to cringe about” — and joked that he and Swift aren’t solely besties, however already engaged on music collectively.
“We are just trying to figure it out,” he cheekily concluded.
