Glen Powell’s starstruck dad told Matthew McConaughey he has a photo of him next to his bed

“I’m like, ‘Stop doing this, Dad. Whatever this is, stop.’”

Glen Powell still worries that his first encounter with Matthew McConaughey was not alright, alright, alright.

The Anyone but You star recalled meeting the Interstellar actor for the first time during his appearance on Friday's episode of The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, explaining that at the time he and his father were visiting a Texas ranch owned by Richard Linklater, the filmmaker with whom he worked on Fast Food Nation, Everybody Wants Some, Apollo 10 ½, and the upcoming Hit Man. (Linklater also made Dazed and Confused, The Newton Boys, and Bernie with McConaughey.)

“We’re taking a walk around the property, and I go, ‘Hey, can we go to the library where we kinda rehearsed all that stuff [for Everybody Wants Some]?’” Powell said. “And [Linklater] goes, ‘Y’know, I think Matthew’s in there.’ And I said, ‘Matthew — maybe, maybe it’s McConaughey. Maybe it’s the Matthew.’ So I kinda open the door, and there’s this kinda sliver of light that hits this guy, and he’s like, ‘Hey, hey, woah, woah, hold on!’”

Powell said McConaughey was using the space to work on his memoir Greenlights. “He goes, ‘Wait, I know you, I know you. Glen, I know you,’” he remembered. “Then my dad did not see him yet. So he steps out into the light, out of the door, and then [McConaughey] goes, ‘Now, who are you?’ And my dad goes, ‘Oh, I have a picture of you next to my bed.’”

Powell was horrified. “I look at my dad. I’m like, ‘Stop doing this, Dad. Whatever this is, stop,’” he said before explaining the backstory behind his dad’s strange confession. “There’s this University of Texas magazine called The Alcalde. McConaughey is on the cover. So he goes, ‘No, no, no, I have the University of Texas magazine next to my bed.’”

Fortunately, McConaughey was as enthusiastic about the magazine. “Matthew goes, ‘That is my favorite photo shoot I have ever done in my whole life, lemme tell you,' and he grabs him by the shoulder, and they become best friends,” Powell said. "Very charming man."

Watch the full Tonight Show clip above.

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