Carey Mulligan and Brad Pitt.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Rebecca Sapp/GettyCarey Mulliganrecently metBrad Pitt— and was seemingly starstruck in the moment!While Mulligan, 38,spoke withExtraat the 2024Oscarsnominees luncheonon Monday, theMaestrostar noted that she was thrown off when she ran into Pitt, 60, at the 2024 Santa Barbara Film Festival last Thursday.“I’d never met him before and I walked into the green room and he was in there and I didn’t know how to talk to him, so I didn’t,” she told the outlet. “And then we were in our seats and he was sat in the seat behind me, but I didn’t know that he was.““And then I felt this tap on my shoulder and I turned around and it was him and he went, ‘Hey, Carey,’ and I went, ‘Oh God, Brad Pitt!’ So that was cool,” Mulligan added.Mulligan and Pitt were each present in Santa Barbara as Pitt honoredBradley Cooper, 49, with the festival’s outstanding performer of the year award for his work onMaestro, which he directed and co-wrote in addition to starring in asLeonard Bernstein. Pitt described the Netflix movie as “a masterwork” during the ceremony.Carey Mulligan and Brad Pitt on Feb. 8, 2024.Rebecca Sapp/Getty"You know, he owed me, so I — what’s that when you pull that chip?” Cooper joked toExtra, when he was asked about Pitt’s presentation in Santa Barbara. TheOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodstar complimented both Cooper and Mulligan’s performances — the latter plays Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre in the movie — as “alive, kinetic and so natural” in one scene in particular.“This is really really, really difficult to achieve,” Pitt said. “And yes, it takes great actors but it also takes great construction.“Carey Mulligan on Feb. 8, 2024.Robin L Marshall/GettyNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Mulligan is not the first actor to describe feeling starstruck while meeting Pitt. BothJake GyllenhaalandChris Hemsworthin recent years have described awkwardly greeting theSe7enstar the first time they were introduced.Pitt also proved the surprising star of the 2023Golden Globe Awardswhen Quinta Brunson,Austin ButlerandRegina Halleachreferenced the actorwhile onstage accepting and presenting awards. Brunson in particular made the room laugh as she noted that “he’s right there” during her speech at the awards ceremony.Maestro, meanwhile, isnominated for seven Academy Awardsat the upcoming 96th Oscars, including acting nominations for both Cooper and Mulligan. Both actors are also nominated at the2024 SAG Awards, which will stream live on Netflix Saturday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. ET.
Carey Mulligan and Brad Pitt.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Rebecca Sapp/Getty
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Rebecca Sapp/Getty
Carey Mulliganrecently metBrad Pitt— and was seemingly starstruck in the moment!While Mulligan, 38,spoke withExtraat the 2024Oscarsnominees luncheonon Monday, theMaestrostar noted that she was thrown off when she ran into Pitt, 60, at the 2024 Santa Barbara Film Festival last Thursday.“I’d never met him before and I walked into the green room and he was in there and I didn’t know how to talk to him, so I didn’t,” she told the outlet. “And then we were in our seats and he was sat in the seat behind me, but I didn’t know that he was.““And then I felt this tap on my shoulder and I turned around and it was him and he went, ‘Hey, Carey,’ and I went, ‘Oh God, Brad Pitt!’ So that was cool,” Mulligan added.Mulligan and Pitt were each present in Santa Barbara as Pitt honoredBradley Cooper, 49, with the festival’s outstanding performer of the year award for his work onMaestro, which he directed and co-wrote in addition to starring in asLeonard Bernstein. Pitt described the Netflix movie as “a masterwork” during the ceremony.Carey Mulligan and Brad Pitt on Feb. 8, 2024.Rebecca Sapp/Getty"You know, he owed me, so I — what’s that when you pull that chip?” Cooper joked toExtra, when he was asked about Pitt’s presentation in Santa Barbara. TheOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodstar complimented both Cooper and Mulligan’s performances — the latter plays Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre in the movie — as “alive, kinetic and so natural” in one scene in particular.“This is really really, really difficult to achieve,” Pitt said. “And yes, it takes great actors but it also takes great construction.“Carey Mulligan on Feb. 8, 2024.Robin L Marshall/GettyNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Mulligan is not the first actor to describe feeling starstruck while meeting Pitt. BothJake GyllenhaalandChris Hemsworthin recent years have described awkwardly greeting theSe7enstar the first time they were introduced.Pitt also proved the surprising star of the 2023Golden Globe Awardswhen Quinta Brunson,Austin ButlerandRegina Halleachreferenced the actorwhile onstage accepting and presenting awards. Brunson in particular made the room laugh as she noted that “he’s right there” during her speech at the awards ceremony.Maestro, meanwhile, isnominated for seven Academy Awardsat the upcoming 96th Oscars, including acting nominations for both Cooper and Mulligan. Both actors are also nominated at the2024 SAG Awards, which will stream live on Netflix Saturday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. ET.
Carey Mulliganrecently metBrad Pitt— and was seemingly starstruck in the moment!
While Mulligan, 38,spoke withExtraat the 2024Oscarsnominees luncheonon Monday, theMaestrostar noted that she was thrown off when she ran into Pitt, 60, at the 2024 Santa Barbara Film Festival last Thursday.
“I’d never met him before and I walked into the green room and he was in there and I didn’t know how to talk to him, so I didn’t,” she told the outlet. “And then we were in our seats and he was sat in the seat behind me, but I didn’t know that he was.”
“And then I felt this tap on my shoulder and I turned around and it was him and he went, ‘Hey, Carey,’ and I went, ‘Oh God, Brad Pitt!’ So that was cool,” Mulligan added.
Mulligan and Pitt were each present in Santa Barbara as Pitt honoredBradley Cooper, 49, with the festival’s outstanding performer of the year award for his work onMaestro, which he directed and co-wrote in addition to starring in asLeonard Bernstein. Pitt described the Netflix movie as “a masterwork” during the ceremony.
Carey Mulligan and Brad Pitt on Feb. 8, 2024.Rebecca Sapp/Getty
Rebecca Sapp/Getty
“You know, he owed me, so I — what’s that when you pull that chip?” Cooper joked toExtra, when he was asked about Pitt’s presentation in Santa Barbara. TheOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodstar complimented both Cooper and Mulligan’s performances — the latter plays Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre in the movie — as “alive, kinetic and so natural” in one scene in particular.
“This is really really, really difficult to achieve,” Pitt said. “And yes, it takes great actors but it also takes great construction.”
Carey Mulligan on Feb. 8, 2024.Robin L Marshall/Getty
Robin L Marshall/Getty
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Mulligan is not the first actor to describe feeling starstruck while meeting Pitt. BothJake GyllenhaalandChris Hemsworthin recent years have described awkwardly greeting theSe7enstar the first time they were introduced.
Pitt also proved the surprising star of the 2023Golden Globe Awardswhen Quinta Brunson,Austin ButlerandRegina Halleachreferenced the actorwhile onstage accepting and presenting awards. Brunson in particular made the room laugh as she noted that “he’s right there” during her speech at the awards ceremony.
Maestro, meanwhile, isnominated for seven Academy Awardsat the upcoming 96th Oscars, including acting nominations for both Cooper and Mulligan. Both actors are also nominated at the2024 SAG Awards, which will stream live on Netflix Saturday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. ET.
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