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David Meets Robert Downey Jr
Did you ever hear the story of Peter Jackson? He was producing King Kong. No, it was like a big movie. Like, he just came off Lord of the Rings, and they were— he was like eyeing Jack Black to maybe have this big role as the trainer. So he was on the red carpet, and he was eavesdropping on Jack Black the entire night. And apparently just to see if Jack Black was an asshole or not. And Jack Black was the nicest guy he ever heard. And then the next day he cast Jack Black in this huge part.
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I don't even remember. He was just so— I hugged him like 3, 4 times because he was like— I remember this, like, I was like, I just liked hugging him because he had like the best energy. Yeah, he was just such a—
like, he's known for being like the nicest guy.
Yeah, it was crazy.
Did you ever hear the story of Peter Jackson? He was producing King Kong. No, it was like a big movie. Like, he just came off Lord of the Rings, and they were— he was like eyeing Jack Black to maybe have this big role as the trainer. So he was on the red carpet, and he was eavesdropping on Jack Black the entire night. And apparently just to see if Jack Black was an asshole or not. And Jack Black…
Oh really?
Yeah, because he knew he could do the part, but he just wanted to make sure he was like nice. This is a great story.
No, he's, he's probably a better one later. No, that is a good story because he probably, he is probably the nicest celebrity I've ever met.