Judgment day arrived a bit forward of schedule for Matthew Lawrence, courtesy of his failure to fulfill one actor’s work requirements.
Throughout a candid second on Monday’s episode of the podcast “Magical Rewind,” hosted by his “Boy Meets World” castmate Will Friedle and actor Sabrina Bryan, the trio dived into behind-the-scenes of the ’90s TV Film “H-E Double Hockey Sticks.”
The movie, which centered Friedle’s devilish character who was despatched to Earth to seize the soul of a younger hockey participant (Lawrence), additionally starred a younger Gabrielle Union. Through the filming course of, Union allegedly needed to rehearse strains with Lawrence, however the actor declined her supply.
“There was this one moment where — and, again, I’m oblivious, I had no idea — she wanted to rehearse,” Lawrence recalled. “And I was like, ‘No, I’m good.’”
His rationale? “Running lines” took “all the freshness” out of the efficiency.
Union allegedly wasn’t thrilled together with his resolution and took her grievances to a better energy.
“And she got angry and went and reported me to the director and the studio,” Lawrence mentioned. “The only time in my entire career, because usually I’m, like, the advocate, and I’m fighting for kids and, like, you know, women’s rights. This is the only time in my life when I was called into the office for something I did on set. And I had no clue.”
Lawrence confessed that this was his solely “run-in” with one other actor — a second that he mentioned left him “embarrassed.”
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On the time, Lawrence mentioned he wasn’t conversant in Union, however recounted that folks on set knew that she was going to explode and turn out to be a giant star. The identical yr because the movie’s debut, she went on to star in “10 Things I Hate About You,” and “She’s All That,” and the next yr had appeared within the cult basic “Bring It On” in addition to “Love & Basketball.”
