In this edition of #FriendshipGoals, Tom Hanks stars in Carly Rae Jepsen's music video for her new single, "I Really Like You."
How did the singer meet the beloved two-time Oscar winner? Access Hollywood sat down with Carly Rae, where she revealed her semi-awkward first encounter with Tom at Scooter Braun's (her manager) wedding.
"There was a hummingbird in one of the tents and everyone was trying to free the hummingbird from the tent, and I saw a man grab a broom and I guess he was trying to move the tent so the bird could run free," she explained to Access. "But in my mind – I may have had a cocktail or two— I thought he was going to attack the bird with the broom.
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"So I ran over to him and I grabbed his arm and I was like, 'Don't hurt the bird!' and he turned around and I was like, 'Tom Hanks!' So that's how we said hello," she continued. "And then I met his wife Rita [Wilson] and we hit it off. It was a nice little exchange – but nothing serious."
When it came time to pick the treatment for her new music video, the singer said she went through "about fifteen" ideas and nothing was working.
"I wanted something Wes Anderson, kind of dark. Something to counter-balance how sweet the song was. And I had an idea that it would be great to have a male lead not just co-star, but like, sing the entire thing, something totally unexpected," she said, adding that soon a "miracle" happened. "Scooter was telling the story to Tom over dinner, because like I said they are friends. I wasn’t there but Tom apparently said 'Well why not me, why didn't you ask me?'"
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Carly Rae said Tom completely lived up to his lovable reputation on set.
"The entire day he just wowed me," she said. "I don't think he knows that he's Tom Hanks! He's the sweetest, kindest, most humble man you've ever met. [He was] out in the freezing cold, singing my song take after take while I was in the trailer with my hot chocolate being like, 'Good job, Tom. Do it again."
Adding, "He worked so hard and was in such good spirits. I don't think the video could have come out better."
See Carly Rae and Tom in the "I Really Like You" music video when it premieres on Friday.
-- Erin O'Sullivan
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