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Drew Barrymore enjoyed a telephone reunion with her former Never Been Kissed castmate Sean Whalen, whom she called her 'muse' during last Wednesday's episode of her titular talk show.
The 61-year-old character actor had 'worked really hard' crafting the character of Josie Gellar's assistant Merkin Burns when director Raja Gosnell tried to get him to shoot a scene involving a 'booger,' which he felt didn't align with the part.
'You said, "Then we're not even going to shoot it because I don't want the studio to ruin anything that Sean did,"' Whalen told the 50-year-old host.
'And you stood up for me in the first hour [of shooting] and I was blown away. I was just a young, goofy kid and you had no reason to do that.'
Barrymore's first gig as an executive producer was on the 1999 rom-com, which went on to gross $84.6 million at the box office after a $25 million budget despite dismal reviews.
'The best comedy I ever worked on was Never Been Kissed and I've never forgotten it,' the Washington, DC-born actor gushed.
Drew Barrymore enjoyed a telephone reunion with her former Never Been Kissed castmate Sean Whalen, whom she called her 'muse' during last Wednesday's episode of her titular talk show
The 61-year-old character actor had 'worked really hard' crafting the character of Josie Gellar's assistant Merkin Burns when director Raja Gosnell tried to get him to shoot a scene involving a 'booger,' which he felt didn't align with the part
'You have no understanding how it affected me. I'm directing now and producing, and my first film that I did, they got a crew for me, and I said, "I'm gonna get the cast."
'And just like you, I cast the right people and I went to every one of them and I said, "I learned this from Drew Barrymore. I want you to bring me whatever you want to do. And I trust all of you."'
Whalen added: 'Thank you for everything, Drew. You changed my life. You changed my life.'
The nepo granddaughter of John Barrymore made sure to plug the Finding Nicole actor's 2024 feature directorial debut Crust now streaming on Tubi, Prime Video and Apple TV.
Barrymore originally met Whalen in 1992 on the set of Avi Nesher's $3 million-budget horror flick Doppelganger where they portrayed Holly Gooding and Gas Man, respectively.
The Daytime Emmy-winning host called him 'a big muse to my partner Nan [Nancy Juvonen] and I, and we asked him to do Charlie's Angels as well' where he played the bomb-wielding Pasqual aboard a plane while she was in disguise as LL Cool J.
Whalen is also well known for his roles in Twister (1996) and The People Under the Stairs (1991).
The Drew Barrymore Show, now in its sixth season, remains the No. 2 syndicated talk show across all key demos behind LIVE! with Kelly and Mark.
Barrymore also keeps busy producing and serving center-square duties in the second season of CBS' Hollywood Squares reboot, which resumes February 22.
Whalen told the 50-year-old host: 'You said, "Then we're not even going to shoot it because I don't want the studio to ruin anything that Sean did." And you stood up for me in the first hour [of shooting] and I was blown away. I was just a young, goofy kid and you had no reason to do that'
Barrymore's first gig as an executive producer was on the 1999 rom-com, which went on to gross $84.6 million at the box office after a $25 million budget despite dismal reviews
The Washington, DC-born actor gushed: 'The best comedy I ever worked on was Never Been Kissed and I've never forgotten it. You have no understanding how it affected me. I'm directing now and producing...Thank you for everything, Drew. You changed my life'
The nepo granddaughter of John Barrymore made sure to plug the Finding Nicole actor's 2024 feature directorial debut Crust now streaming on Tubi, Prime Video and Apple TV
Barrymore originally met Whalen in 1992 on the set of Avi Nesher's $3 million-budget horror flick Doppelganger where they portrayed Holly Gooding and Gas Man, respectively (pictured in 2022)
The Daytime Emmy-winning host called him 'a big muse to my partner Nan [Nancy Juvonen] and I, and we asked him to do Charlie's Angels as well' where he played the bomb-wielding Pasqual (L) aboard a plane while she was in disguise as LL Cool J (R)
The thrice-divorced mother-of-two has a mystery acting role in Rachel Israel's comedy Influenced - starring and written by her former sister-in-law Jill Kargman - which screens at the Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival on February 21.
Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Biggs, David Krumholtz, Christine Taylor and Justin Bartha also appear in the flick formerly known as Miracle on 74th Street.
Barrymore got her big break in show business as a child starring in blockbusters like E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Firestarter and Irreconcilable Differences.
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