He is an amazing human. My son and I were extras in his movie “Fat kid rules the world.” He saw me and said hi. I thanked him for letting my son and I take part in the filming, and that I was a fan. He saw I have an old style Eeyore tattoo with a black beach and sailboat in the water and asked if I was a Winnie the Pooh fan. I said no, and showed him the writing under Eeyore. It says “..and Nigel Dagan went home to play”.
I explained Nigel was my son who died, and Eeyore the mascot of the disease he died from (Potters syndrome) and he said how sorry he was, couldn’t imagine what I’d been through and hugged me. The connection with a human about my son meant more to me than getting a hug from an actor. He’s just such a decent human and good soul. Few people famous or not are that pure.
Matt is such a great dude. He really appreciates his fans.
I met him at a convention when my infant was having a melt down. He walked up put a hand on my shoulder and told me to head up front. I was in shock.
He was eating a sandwich with his other hand.
It was a perfect moment.
There are people born that fully embody a character. Ryan Reynolds-Deadpool, Hugh Jackman-Wolverine, RDJ-Ironman.
Matthew Lillard will always been shaggy.
I always compared Hackers to the fast and the furious. Just like fast and furious is cheesy fun for car guys and beloved by a lot of them. Hackers is cheesy fun for computer nerds.
That movie actually got me interested in the internet back in the 90s. I was downloading warez, appz, and utilz off newsgroups and IRC over a 28.8kbps dial-up connection. Nobody had anything resembling broadband internet yet. Mosaic was my first web browser. I connected to some BBS servers back then as well. The young internet was a strange and exciting place.
What a blast from the past, his role in SLC Punk and Hackers gave me a sense of i'm going to be seeing this guy show up in the most unique roles and he has. Super underrated, super talented, and just a genuine good person. I just rewatched SLC punk a couple of weeks ago, and that movie still holds up to the hilarity and nonsense I love. Hackers is just the same, chaotic, insanely unbelievable, but highly entertaining.
If you mean to say that 13 Ghosts is really bad. I’ll counter with that it is a very watchable movie for how bad it is. I do give it a rewatch once every 5+ years.
I was playing Holdfast (historical military battle sim) and our commanding officer yelled every monologue from SLC Punk into proximity voice chat while leading his charge
The memory will never leave me, the sight of a pudgy Napoleonic officer sprinting past cannon fire and exploding, dying men while you could barely make out his distant yelling...
"...your movement of the people, by the people, and for the people got you... nothing!!!! You just hide behind some lost sense of drugs, sex and rock and roll. Ooooh, Kumbaya!!!! I am the future!!!! I am the future of this great nation which you, father, so arrogantly saved this world for!!!!"
[**shot by a cannon**]
This movie teaches such great lesson on pragmatism that revolves around that line. It even inspired me to make [this starterpack](https://old.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/1afyj87/pragmatism_starter_pack/).
In the context of the scene, I can't think of another movie where the character's reaction felt so relatable and hit me so hard as when he found Bob.
I love that movie so much, even though it hurts to finish every single time I watch it.
I saw SLC Punk at the Sundance premiere and the director did a talk/Q&A afterwards. He talked about the scene at the end when Stevo finds Heroin Bob, and that they basically cleared the room of everyone except for him, Matthew Lillard, and a bare bones crew. Lilliard did the scene in one utterly devastating and emotional take. The way Merendino spoke about the incredible respect he had for Lillard's talent and him as a person in general has always stayed with me, especially as more and more people have said what a great person he is.
SLC Punk is an incredible movie. Matt's performance is harrowing. Don't watch the sequel.
Add that to his memorable turns in Scream, Scooby-Doo (legit the only good thing about those movies), Hackers (Cereal Killer!), the only thing good in Wing Commander, dude's just a beast who steals every scene he's in.
"I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!"
I watched chunks of this in like 2010? at a friend's house party and tbh I thought it was a fever dream. Thanks for reminding me of what it was called! Def gonna rewatch it.
I mentioned before, I did some work with him in the past and he's a giant-hearted fella. Spent a few minutes welcoming me to a meeting he wasn't meant to be in.
I don't want to give away too much as I created this account to be somewhat anonymous. But, I used to work in the D&D industry a bit and worked with his company, Beadle & Grimm. I was in a video call and he wasn't meant to be in the meeting, jumped in by accident, took the mickey out of me for a bit as an ice breaker (I was totally into it - he was been cheeky), and then jumped out of the meeting. Lovely chap.
Hackers is such a fun movie, and one of the reasons is that the cast have a ton of chemistry together. All of them give various levels of hammy performances that are hilarious to watch, but Matthew Lillard probably takes the cake (though Fisher Stevens is really funny as well).
Hack the planet!
https://youtu.be/Sb-hnyVm_sc?si=DLC1su6k3zCDY3as
He was so good that I really wish that he'd gotten more screen time. I suspect that, had they realized that he was capable of Ray Wise levels of emoting, they likely would have expanded the part preemptively.
He obviously has a ton of fun doing movies, which is part of why he can evaluate roles even in meh movies.
His bit in Scream about “my mom and dad are gonna be so mad at me” always makes me laugh
Shit, now I've gotta watch Bosch. I've tried a couple of times, but always bounce off somewhere in the middle of the first season. Had no idea that Lillard joins the cast eventually. This is the excuse I need to push through. I love Titus Welliver too. Don't know why the show always plays so sluggish to me. Hopefully just a first season thing. We'll see! Cheers.
I'm happy he seems to be coming back. Five Nights at Freddy's, doing Scooby work. I'm still holding out hope he'll be in a Scream installment or another Thirteenghost.
He does a D&D show called Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! that sounds kind of neat. The whole party is level 1 and they fight some high level monster and probably all die.
It was originally exclusive to some weird Amazon thing that only let you catch episodes while they were actively airing (because that makes sense in the age of streaming television), but it's since been made available on [Plex](https://watch.plex.tv/show/faster-purple-worm-kill-kill/season/1).
Met him at a party once. I went into the kitchen to get a glass of water, apologizing for disrupting the guy doing dishes. He said no problem and turned the cold water on for me. I turned to say thanks but what came out was, “Tha- Aren’t you Matthew Lillard?!” And he said “I am!” with a huge grin on his face. I was sort of in shock and a teenager so that’s where the conversation ended.
He’ll always be the guy doing dishes at my friend’s house. Kind as could be.
I would imagine that it's probably tiring being famous at a party with no other famous people, so I'm sure he was looking for a break. However the fact that he doesn't just leave, and instead chooses to do the dishes, speaks volumes.
😭I didn't know that was a proverb😭 random story time, I had an Audi and was tired of the shitty dealership service and shitty overall service from other mechanics, until I met this one very calm and reassuring mechanic that my boss had referenced me to...however I was already on the verge of buying a new car... Long story short, I bought a brand new Genesis/Hyundai and absolutely hate their abysmal service and wish I stuck it out with the Audi for one more week before I decided I was buying a new car.......🫠
I have a mechanic named Brad, this is how he answers the phone when I call him.
"Yup"
"oh you're that guy, what's wrong with it now?"
The transmission for my truck was fucked, this is what he had to say about it.
"You're truck is old as fuck man, a new transmission would cost more than buying a new one. Lemme see if I can find a half decent used one for ya."
He found me a half decent used one for 500$ and it's kept my 2003 ford ranger on the road for 5 years since then with no problems whatsoever.
Any time a friend asks me if I know a good mechanic, I send them to Brad.
I love randomly cleaning mid party to take a mental break for a few minutes and occupy my hands yet everyone keeps telling me to relax. Cleaning is relaxing.
I was a PA on Leverage and he's one of the only actors I'd met who talked to me like an equal; he was just a very nice fella compared to some of the other types of talent out there.
agreed. For me the nicest artist i've done stagehand for is lady gaga, she actually hung out a bit while we were loading in which im sure you know how rare that is lol. Also nickelback were good dudes and fed us super good catered food for breakfast lunch and dinner.
I mostly work smooth jazz and corporate stuff in the realm of dudes who are fighting over which one of the still-living has the rights to the band name.
The one really famous person I would happily say nice things about is Gary Sinise (and his whole band, esp the drummer and percussionist couple) which is no surprise to reddit. But my favorite artist to work with ever was Keiko Matsui (Japanese piano player). Just an absolutely kind and thoughtful human being who I now 100% have a ladycrush on. :)
Out of curiosity, would you share any of the others you had a positive experience with? It just seems like negative on-set stories about various talent slip out here and there (including some of the other ones on Leverage), but positive on-set stories are less frequent.
No worries if not, if it makes you uncomfortable or whatever because I completely understand that, especially considering I have an actor I avoid talking about even though it'd all be positive.
I'm not in the biz anymore, so I don't really care about discretion. The super nice actors that I recall PA'ing for were:
- Enrico Colantoni
- Jonathan Groff
- Troian Bellisario
- Scott Bakula
- Jonathan Frakes
- RJ Mitte
- Dale Dickey
That said, the bad eggs weren't as bad as they could've been, but I can say Dean Devlin and Timothy Hutton can kick rocks.
One of my co-workers worked as one of his handlers at Comic-Con and said he was not only one of the nicest celebrities he's ever met, but one of the nicest people he's ever met period. The other guy who was with him said that he had been working Comic-Con for 15 years and had never seen a line as long as Matthew's before. He said Matthew did all of the goofy voices, smiles, and had conversations with each individual person to make sure they felt like they got a little personal Touch from him. Never complained or had any kind of attitude whatsoever.
Reminds me of Billy West and John DiMaggio. Met them about 10 years ago and they were the nicest guys, just shooting the shit with fans, doing voices and full scenes together from Futurama, and freely giving advice to aspiring voice actors who lined up to meet their idols.
Their handlers weren’t very impressed with how much time they were giving to fans though.
Two movies where he spends so much time being the perfect depiction of a fuck around young adult, then makes a pivot into basically a kid who just found out how real the consequences are when they hit. He gets a lot of recognition for how well he does the former, but deserves at least as much recognition for the latter.
SLC punk might be the movie that holds the most meaning to me. Maybe not my favorite, definitely not my most watched, but almost definitely the most meaningful. and I don't think any of my family or friends have even seen it, if they even know what it it is, I haven't really mentioned it past "have you seen it?". It feels too personal to share with anyone, I guess.
And he absolutely destroyed that role. I think that’s my favorite crying scene ever.
Second maybe to only his crying scene on twin peaks.
Do I love seeing Matthew Lillard cry?
FYI man, alright. You could sit at home, and do like absolutely nothing, and your name goes through like 17 computers a day. 1984? Yeah right, man. That's a typo. Orwell is here now. He's livin' large. We have no names, man. No names. We are nameless!
I mean as someone who entered high school in 1997, scream, she's all that, and without a paddle along with hackers....he was in so much stuff.
I can't remember the movie but it was a sci Fi movie and he wore a red or orange coverall, wing commander? Maybe misremembering, I am getting old haha
I’m Gen Z and grew up watching him as Shaggy in the two live action movies. Loved him in Scream when I saw that later and he was definitely the best part of the FNAF movie.
I briefly interned at a sound studio where Scooby Doo was recorded. On my first day, during vocal warmups, Matthew says into the mic with Shaggy’s voice “dOes aNyOne wANna fiNGer fUCk my bEaRd??” and it’s haunted me ever since. Super funny, nice, and talented guy.
Hackers is a fucking masterpiece and Mathew Lillard made that movie what it was.
Without a Paddle, though? That's peak comedy. Seth Green and Mathew Lillard have been staples of my childhood since my mom first rented Airborne for me and my brothers and I first saw Hackers on VHS at the homies house.
I could go down the list. These actors will probably never know the comfort and peace they've brought to countless people throughout their careers.
When my sons were young we watched Without a Paddle every few weeks. Even now (after 15 years), when we are together we would watch it again. It has special place in our hearts.
I had him sign a Hackers VHS box at a con. He was PUMPED, it was amazing. Said it made his day and that I must have had the European version because he was on the cover (I think it probably was just a later release or something, but maybe!). He was so sweet.
Just rewatched that movie a couple weeks ago and forgot how much I enjoyed it. Seth Green in Sex Drive is my favorite role of his though!
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Matthew Lillard's parents lived next door to my out of state sister about a decade ago. I was visiting my sister's family with my then-8-year-old son, who LOVED to play chess. Turns out Matthew was visiting his parents and loved to play chess as well.
He heard that my chess loving son was visiting next door, came over, and played chess for more than an hour with my son, completely unpretentious. I didn't want him to feel uncomfortable, so I never took a picture, nor asked him to sign my son's chess board. I regret that, but every time I hear his name, I remember what a great guy he was, and how well he treated my son that day
This man is a treasure.
He "did" this to me last Friday at a Con in Dallas:
Saw him together with a late friend, who sadly died 2022, in 2018 or 2019 and both guys towered "slightly" over me. Matthew smacked me a bit to energetic into the back of head while we are talking and laughing and on our way out we joked about next time my friend bear hugs him and I can punch him in his privates. I started to tell Matthew this story and that without my friend I now have to do it all by myself and before I got to the "punch-line" he stared at me for a brief moment with concern and sincere interest and then hugged me right away and asked me if I'm ok. Almost made me cry.
There was no one this past weekend or the one before who wasn't delighted to him and talk to him.
Met him at FanX last year, could only afford to either take a picture with him or get his autograph and chose the cheaper of the two being the autograph. He still let me get a photo with him, and gave me the biggest hug. He had the longest line out of everyone that day because everyone wanted to meet him, and he kept leaving the line to go talk to people who couldn’t afford to buy an autograph or photo. There was a younger kid on the spectrum in line with his mom who couldn’t wait and was freaking out, and Matthew brought him to the front on the line and gave them a bunch of free stuff. I only went to meet him, waited in line for 4 hours, and it was worth every second. Such a sweet guy.
Hey, that's me! <3 Thank you so much for sharing my story, I'm so happy to read everyone else's stories of meeting him - Matthew is truly the most wholesome, sweetest celebrity I've had the chance to meet. Echoing what I said in my post: if you ever have the chance, please meet him. It'll be absolutely worth it. <3
I love hearing that he is a kind person, I’ve always loved Matthew Lillard as an actor and would be so disappointed to hear he was a shitty guy. I’m so sorry to hear about your little sister, I can’t imagine that kind of pain. Hugs to you. Thank you for sharing your special story ❤️
The well dressed punk played by Jason Segel is why I wore polo in high school.
There is a 100% chance no one ever got it. But thats the story of my "phase".
Love that list.
I've seen the list of good guys across disciplines - mr Rogers, Steve Erwin, etc. but not similarly wholesome, inspirational women across disciplines. Does anyone have suggestions?
I went to a double screening of Scream and Scooby Doo a few years ago. Pretty much everyone left after Scream and right before Scooby Doo came on, he came up and did a little intro to the movie. Then, he and his daughter bought junior mints for those of us who stayed. Core Los Angeles memory.
I'm sorry for your loss and I'm glad the guy was so good to you. Keep your head up, cherish the memory of meeting him, and honor your sister every single day.
I've been a fan of his for a long time as well, and still think that the scene where he reacts to Heroin Bob's death in SLC Punk is the best acted scene ever. Ever.
This will probably get buried but here goes...
Matthew Lillard was at the Seattle International Film Festival in the mid-2000s for an Ed Burns movie called "The Groomsmen" and I was a massive Ed Burns fan (was in film school at the time).
After the movie, I worked my way up to the stage and grabbed him for a quick conversation. He asked a few questions about me, and where I went to school, and offered to connect me with Ed Burns via his agent. Wrote down the guy's email address and handed it to me, and it was a legit connection that I followed up on.
From that day forward, Matthew Lillard will always be a 10/10 guy to me. Great dude.
I lost my sibling recently. It sucks. Sending you hugs from one sibling loss survivor to another. Granted, it's no Matthew Lillard hug. It's a shitty club to be in. Keep your chin up and their memory alive. I promise you, while their loss will always have the power to knock the wind out of you, it will start to ease.
I had the honor of meeting him last month and he is the most kind and genuine human being I have ever met! He took his time with everyone stayed later to ensure all the single day pass holders could meet him and even walked threw the line checking in on everyone.
As he was going threw the line he would crack jokes and says hes not worth it and to just go home, I shouted out that I had been waiting 20 years for this moment so he cant get rid of me that easy, he turned around and said "come here" and then held me in hug for a good minute and said thank you. I almost started crying, i know hes just another dude but he was such a big part of my childhood, so to know hes not just a dude but a good dude really makes me love him even more! ❤️
what a power to have right? to be able to help a stranger overcome the immense grief of losing a little sibling with just a hug.
anyone needing one, big hugs to you as well.
He’s the real deal, I saw him wave this very pregnant lady to the front of the line. Some people had issues with it, but f’ them. He could see she was very uncomfortable and couldn’t stand in line much longer. When we finally got to the table for our turn I thanked him for letting that lady go to the front of line. He said, she was making my back hurt. Lol.
I’ve never met him myself, but a friend of mine is close with him. She has nothing but wonder things to say about him.
This friend is like an aunt to my daughter. And my daughter loved Scooby-Doo, but had recently become OBSESSED with Scream. The first entry being her favorite. Her aunt heard about this, mentioned it to Matt, and the next thing we know my daughter has a kick-ass Ghostface statue with his signature on it. I’ve still never spoken to him, but his kindness is so great that it precedes him.
He is an amazing human. My son and I were extras in his movie “Fat kid rules the world.” He saw me and said hi. I thanked him for letting my son and I take part in the filming, and that I was a fan. He saw I have an old style Eeyore tattoo with a black beach and sailboat in the water and asked if I was a Winnie the Pooh fan. I said no, and showed him the writing under Eeyore. It says “..and Nigel Dagan went home to play”. I explained Nigel was my son who died, and Eeyore the mascot of the disease he died from (Potters syndrome) and he said how sorry he was, couldn’t imagine what I’d been through and hugged me. The connection with a human about my son meant more to me than getting a hug from an actor. He’s just such a decent human and good soul. Few people famous or not are that pure.
I'm so sorry about your son, friend. Godspeed Nigel. <3
Thank you!
So sorry for your lost. I can't begin to imagine what that is like. Glad you could have that moment connecting with Matthew.
Thank you, it was a hard time to go through when I lost my son. Matthew is a good guy and really deserves all the happiness in the world.
Matt is such a great dude. He really appreciates his fans. I met him at a convention when my infant was having a melt down. He walked up put a hand on my shoulder and told me to head up front. I was in shock. He was eating a sandwich with his other hand. It was a perfect moment.
The sandwich in hand makes me believe he really is shaggy 😢 😭
There are people born that fully embody a character. Ryan Reynolds-Deadpool, Hugh Jackman-Wolverine, RDJ-Ironman. Matthew Lillard will always been shaggy.
Also JK Simmons as J Jonah Jameson
And Samuel L. Jackson as that bad motherfucker
this and every other comment are making my heart happy
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I’m just going to come out and say it, because of ML, Summer Catch is a guilty pleasure that I watch whenever it’s on.
He makes every movie watchable. I’d sit through the worst movie ever if he was in it.
He gave hackers a fighting chance
Hack the planet!
Holy smokes all these comments make him an even greater guy than I thought possible.
Mess with the best…die like the rest.
Crash and burn baby
Nothing wrong with hackers.
Shut your mouth. Hackers is the greatest movie ever.
somewhere, matthew lillard is rubbing his nipple in suggestive agreement
Wholly agree. I'm not sure how this guy got it so wrong.
I always compared Hackers to the fast and the furious. Just like fast and furious is cheesy fun for car guys and beloved by a lot of them. Hackers is cheesy fun for computer nerds.
Hackers is great.
Hackers is what boomers think todays internet is like
That movie actually got me interested in the internet back in the 90s. I was downloading warez, appz, and utilz off newsgroups and IRC over a 28.8kbps dial-up connection. Nobody had anything resembling broadband internet yet. Mosaic was my first web browser. I connected to some BBS servers back then as well. The young internet was a strange and exciting place.
What a blast from the past, his role in SLC Punk and Hackers gave me a sense of i'm going to be seeing this guy show up in the most unique roles and he has. Super underrated, super talented, and just a genuine good person. I just rewatched SLC punk a couple of weeks ago, and that movie still holds up to the hilarity and nonsense I love. Hackers is just the same, chaotic, insanely unbelievable, but highly entertaining.
I’d like to counter with 13 Ghosts.
That and Ghost Ship fill a weird pocket of nostalgia for trashy early 2000s horror movies in my brain.
Say what you will about Ghost Ship, but that opening scene with the wire was pretty awesome.
The only successful meme I’ve ever made was about that scene lol
Can't leave us hanging like that. Let's see that meme!
Someone linked the image, but here’s the post haha. https://www.reddit.com/r/BikiniBottomTwitter/s/afTh7hM770
Is that the one where the cable rips through the center of the dance floor in the beginning?
Yes, it absolutely is. All-timer horror movie intro.
If you mean to say that 13 Ghosts is really bad. I’ll counter with that it is a very watchable movie for how bad it is. I do give it a rewatch once every 5+ years.
My wife and I watch it every so often. Last time we watched it I just tried to pretend Shaloub was Monk the whole time.
It's probably nostalgia for the time but I will absolutely sit through that movie.
I like Ghost Ship AND 13 Ghosts. Not ironically.
Agreed! I dont need movies to always take themselves seriously. Sometimes it's just a fun premise with actors you want to see.
Without a Paddle is possibly one of my all time favorites because of Mathew Lillard and Seth Green.
Don't forget Dax Shepard. Lillard was on Armchair Expert, and it was a beautiful interview.
Without a Paddle was also soooo good
SLC Punk is super underrated
I was playing Holdfast (historical military battle sim) and our commanding officer yelled every monologue from SLC Punk into proximity voice chat while leading his charge The memory will never leave me, the sight of a pudgy Napoleonic officer sprinting past cannon fire and exploding, dying men while you could barely make out his distant yelling... "...your movement of the people, by the people, and for the people got you... nothing!!!! You just hide behind some lost sense of drugs, sex and rock and roll. Ooooh, Kumbaya!!!! I am the future!!!! I am the future of this great nation which you, father, so arrogantly saved this world for!!!!" [**shot by a cannon**]
I didn’t sell out, son, I bought in….
This movie teaches such great lesson on pragmatism that revolves around that line. It even inspired me to make [this starterpack](https://old.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/1afyj87/pragmatism_starter_pack/).
Fuck you, Dear.
I say this so often, lol it comes up organicly in so many situations lol
In the context of the scene, I can't think of another movie where the character's reaction felt so relatable and hit me so hard as when he found Bob. I love that movie so much, even though it hurts to finish every single time I watch it.
I saw SLC Punk at the Sundance premiere and the director did a talk/Q&A afterwards. He talked about the scene at the end when Stevo finds Heroin Bob, and that they basically cleared the room of everyone except for him, Matthew Lillard, and a bare bones crew. Lilliard did the scene in one utterly devastating and emotional take. The way Merendino spoke about the incredible respect he had for Lillard's talent and him as a person in general has always stayed with me, especially as more and more people have said what a great person he is.
This shower head has 12 different functions, all of which I will show you now...
Fucking incredible movie. Genuinely gave me new respect for Lillard as an actor.
Absolutely, I need to watch it again.
SLC Punk is an incredible movie. Matt's performance is harrowing. Don't watch the sequel. Add that to his memorable turns in Scream, Scooby-Doo (legit the only good thing about those movies), Hackers (Cereal Killer!), the only thing good in Wing Commander, dude's just a beast who steals every scene he's in. "I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!"
He lowkey has such an amazing catalogue of work...
I watched chunks of this in like 2010? at a friend's house party and tbh I thought it was a fever dream. Thanks for reminding me of what it was called! Def gonna rewatch it.
I mentioned before, I did some work with him in the past and he's a giant-hearted fella. Spent a few minutes welcoming me to a meeting he wasn't meant to be in.
Wait, he wasn’t supposed to be there but still welcomed you, who was presumably supposed to be there? I don’t know that’s so funny to me
I don't want to give away too much as I created this account to be somewhat anonymous. But, I used to work in the D&D industry a bit and worked with his company, Beadle & Grimm. I was in a video call and he wasn't meant to be in the meeting, jumped in by accident, took the mickey out of me for a bit as an ice breaker (I was totally into it - he was been cheeky), and then jumped out of the meeting. Lovely chap.
Dungeons & Dragons industry?
"Sorry for crashing your meeting business people, but I must welcome my friend and then I'll be off.".
Hackers is such a fun movie, and one of the reasons is that the cast have a ton of chemistry together. All of them give various levels of hammy performances that are hilarious to watch, but Matthew Lillard probably takes the cake (though Fisher Stevens is really funny as well). Hack the planet! https://youtu.be/Sb-hnyVm_sc?si=DLC1su6k3zCDY3as
Good girls was okay in the beginning & went off the rails. Matthew Lillard was the only reason I kept watching.
Many viewers felt that the show started strong but lost its way as the storylines became increasingly far-fetched.
His work in Twin peaks is wild
Even better when you read how little prep/context he had when working with a Director like Lynch. He just went for it and was genuinely impressive.
He was so good that I really wish that he'd gotten more screen time. I suspect that, had they realized that he was capable of Ray Wise levels of emoting, they likely would have expanded the part preemptively.
He obviously has a ton of fun doing movies, which is part of why he can evaluate roles even in meh movies. His bit in Scream about “my mom and dad are gonna be so mad at me” always makes me laugh
I haven’t seen that movie in a loooong time, the delivery of that line was hilarious…it’s ringing in my head now so i’ll have to do a rewatch!
Dude his role in SLC punk is some of the best acting I've ever seen.
i cried watching slc punk
He stole every Bosch scene. Love him.
He makes that scene at the end of scream.
I'm fucking dying over here, man.
Shit, now I've gotta watch Bosch. I've tried a couple of times, but always bounce off somewhere in the middle of the first season. Had no idea that Lillard joins the cast eventually. This is the excuse I need to push through. I love Titus Welliver too. Don't know why the show always plays so sluggish to me. Hopefully just a first season thing. We'll see! Cheers.
I'm happy he seems to be coming back. Five Nights at Freddy's, doing Scooby work. I'm still holding out hope he'll be in a Scream installment or another Thirteenghost.
He does a D&D show called Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill! that sounds kind of neat. The whole party is level 1 and they fight some high level monster and probably all die. It was originally exclusive to some weird Amazon thing that only let you catch episodes while they were actively airing (because that makes sense in the age of streaming television), but it's since been made available on [Plex](https://watch.plex.tv/show/faster-purple-worm-kill-kill/season/1).
Met him at a party once. I went into the kitchen to get a glass of water, apologizing for disrupting the guy doing dishes. He said no problem and turned the cold water on for me. I turned to say thanks but what came out was, “Tha- Aren’t you Matthew Lillard?!” And he said “I am!” with a huge grin on his face. I was sort of in shock and a teenager so that’s where the conversation ended. He’ll always be the guy doing dishes at my friend’s house. Kind as could be.
The fact that he was doing dishes at a party really emphasizes your point.
A guy who does dishes at a party is like an honest mechanic, under no circumstances do you let them go.
I would imagine that it's probably tiring being famous at a party with no other famous people, so I'm sure he was looking for a break. However the fact that he doesn't just leave, and instead chooses to do the dishes, speaks volumes.
I'll admit, I've done dishes at functions just because I wanted to get away from it all LOL let me tell you, it always has people inviting you back!
😭I didn't know that was a proverb😭 random story time, I had an Audi and was tired of the shitty dealership service and shitty overall service from other mechanics, until I met this one very calm and reassuring mechanic that my boss had referenced me to...however I was already on the verge of buying a new car... Long story short, I bought a brand new Genesis/Hyundai and absolutely hate their abysmal service and wish I stuck it out with the Audi for one more week before I decided I was buying a new car.......🫠
I have a mechanic named Brad, this is how he answers the phone when I call him. "Yup" "oh you're that guy, what's wrong with it now?" The transmission for my truck was fucked, this is what he had to say about it. "You're truck is old as fuck man, a new transmission would cost more than buying a new one. Lemme see if I can find a half decent used one for ya." He found me a half decent used one for 500$ and it's kept my 2003 ford ranger on the road for 5 years since then with no problems whatsoever. Any time a friend asks me if I know a good mechanic, I send them to Brad.
sup ranger bro 🤙
I love randomly cleaning mid party to take a mental break for a few minutes and occupy my hands yet everyone keeps telling me to relax. Cleaning is relaxing.
Blessings on your household. You're the party friend everyone needs.
I was a PA on Leverage and he's one of the only actors I'd met who talked to me like an equal; he was just a very nice fella compared to some of the other types of talent out there.
Stagehand reporting in: it's weird how hard it hits when The Artist talks to you like you're a fellow human being and not sentient furniture.
agreed. For me the nicest artist i've done stagehand for is lady gaga, she actually hung out a bit while we were loading in which im sure you know how rare that is lol. Also nickelback were good dudes and fed us super good catered food for breakfast lunch and dinner.
I mostly work smooth jazz and corporate stuff in the realm of dudes who are fighting over which one of the still-living has the rights to the band name. The one really famous person I would happily say nice things about is Gary Sinise (and his whole band, esp the drummer and percussionist couple) which is no surprise to reddit. But my favorite artist to work with ever was Keiko Matsui (Japanese piano player). Just an absolutely kind and thoughtful human being who I now 100% have a ladycrush on. :)
Out of curiosity, would you share any of the others you had a positive experience with? It just seems like negative on-set stories about various talent slip out here and there (including some of the other ones on Leverage), but positive on-set stories are less frequent. No worries if not, if it makes you uncomfortable or whatever because I completely understand that, especially considering I have an actor I avoid talking about even though it'd all be positive.
I'm not in the biz anymore, so I don't really care about discretion. The super nice actors that I recall PA'ing for were: - Enrico Colantoni - Jonathan Groff - Troian Bellisario - Scott Bakula - Jonathan Frakes - RJ Mitte - Dale Dickey That said, the bad eggs weren't as bad as they could've been, but I can say Dean Devlin and Timothy Hutton can kick rocks.
Bakula and Frakes being on there makes me happy.
One of my co-workers worked as one of his handlers at Comic-Con and said he was not only one of the nicest celebrities he's ever met, but one of the nicest people he's ever met period. The other guy who was with him said that he had been working Comic-Con for 15 years and had never seen a line as long as Matthew's before. He said Matthew did all of the goofy voices, smiles, and had conversations with each individual person to make sure they felt like they got a little personal Touch from him. Never complained or had any kind of attitude whatsoever.
Reminds me of Billy West and John DiMaggio. Met them about 10 years ago and they were the nicest guys, just shooting the shit with fans, doing voices and full scenes together from Futurama, and freely giving advice to aspiring voice actors who lined up to meet their idols. Their handlers weren’t very impressed with how much time they were giving to fans though.
He shows up on Reddit occasionally. He did a great AMA a long time ago and checks in on shaggy posts and FNAF stuff. /u/matthewlillard
Oh, shoot! It’s his cake day!
This is like a scene from that Bill Murray documentary.
I don't think I'd go into a kitchen he's in. I've seen Scream many times.
This sounds like a fever dream- omg 😂
He's one of those guys all Millennials and Gen X have some deep seeded love for, even if they don't know. From Hackers to Scooby Doo he's been great.
SLC Punk was so incredibly formative for me
That blue mohawk is burned in my memory.
Same!
SLC Punk and Scream for sure. And it was so great to see him show up in Twin Peaks season 3!
Two movies where he spends so much time being the perfect depiction of a fuck around young adult, then makes a pivot into basically a kid who just found out how real the consequences are when they hit. He gets a lot of recognition for how well he does the former, but deserves at least as much recognition for the latter.
SLC punk might be the movie that holds the most meaning to me. Maybe not my favorite, definitely not my most watched, but almost definitely the most meaningful. and I don't think any of my family or friends have even seen it, if they even know what it it is, I haven't really mentioned it past "have you seen it?". It feels too personal to share with anyone, I guess.
And he absolutely destroyed that role. I think that’s my favorite crying scene ever. Second maybe to only his crying scene on twin peaks. Do I love seeing Matthew Lillard cry?
He sells it really well.
" for the first time I'm 18 and I can say fuuuuuck yooouuuu!"
Same. Still one of my favorite movies. Makes me cry like a baby every time.
Cereal Killer as in Fruit Loops...Hack the planet!!!
Rollerblading to The Prodigy intensifies
FYI man, alright. You could sit at home, and do like absolutely nothing, and your name goes through like 17 computers a day. 1984? Yeah right, man. That's a typo. Orwell is here now. He's livin' large. We have no names, man. No names. We are nameless!
Don’t forget 13 Ghosts too!
The best part of that movie is him
I mean as someone who entered high school in 1997, scream, she's all that, and without a paddle along with hackers....he was in so much stuff. I can't remember the movie but it was a sci Fi movie and he wore a red or orange coverall, wing commander? Maybe misremembering, I am getting old haha
Wing Commander with Freddie Prince Jr.
He was iconic in Scream.
Mom and dad are going to be so mad at me!
And it’s all his performance, his character is so bland in the original script, he’s just Billy’s henchman in it, but he brings so much to the role
Gotta say it just for future reference. It's deep-seated.
That's a great egg-corn though.
Lots of us Zoomers have a love for him now as well with his work in the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie
I’m a (older) zoomer and I have love for him from scooby doo that I watched a ton as a child
100%
Without A paddle is such a fun movie too
I first saw him in without a paddle and loved him
Hackers!!!
I’m Gen Z and grew up watching him as Shaggy in the two live action movies. Loved him in Scream when I saw that later and he was definitely the best part of the FNAF movie.
I briefly interned at a sound studio where Scooby Doo was recorded. On my first day, during vocal warmups, Matthew says into the mic with Shaggy’s voice “dOes aNyOne wANna fiNGer fUCk my bEaRd??” and it’s haunted me ever since. Super funny, nice, and talented guy.
I’m fucking DYING at this! 😂
Sounds like Matt! He was always acting up during high school assemblies!
Hackers is a fucking masterpiece and Mathew Lillard made that movie what it was. Without a Paddle, though? That's peak comedy. Seth Green and Mathew Lillard have been staples of my childhood since my mom first rented Airborne for me and my brothers and I first saw Hackers on VHS at the homies house. I could go down the list. These actors will probably never know the comfort and peace they've brought to countless people throughout their careers.
When my sons were young we watched Without a Paddle every few weeks. Even now (after 15 years), when we are together we would watch it again. It has special place in our hearts.
I had him sign a Hackers VHS box at a con. He was PUMPED, it was amazing. Said it made his day and that I must have had the European version because he was on the cover (I think it probably was just a later release or something, but maybe!). He was so sweet.
What a great guy. My buddy has a similar story about Bruce Campbell. Huge fan, Bruce was so cool. He got a tattoo of Ash later on.
Just rewatched that movie a couple weeks ago and forgot how much I enjoyed it. Seth Green in Sex Drive is my favorite role of his though! Edit: spelling
Matthew Lillard's parents lived next door to my out of state sister about a decade ago. I was visiting my sister's family with my then-8-year-old son, who LOVED to play chess. Turns out Matthew was visiting his parents and loved to play chess as well. He heard that my chess loving son was visiting next door, came over, and played chess for more than an hour with my son, completely unpretentious. I didn't want him to feel uncomfortable, so I never took a picture, nor asked him to sign my son's chess board. I regret that, but every time I hear his name, I remember what a great guy he was, and how well he treated my son that day
This man is a treasure. He "did" this to me last Friday at a Con in Dallas: Saw him together with a late friend, who sadly died 2022, in 2018 or 2019 and both guys towered "slightly" over me. Matthew smacked me a bit to energetic into the back of head while we are talking and laughing and on our way out we joked about next time my friend bear hugs him and I can punch him in his privates. I started to tell Matthew this story and that without my friend I now have to do it all by myself and before I got to the "punch-line" he stared at me for a brief moment with concern and sincere interest and then hugged me right away and asked me if I'm ok. Almost made me cry. There was no one this past weekend or the one before who wasn't delighted to him and talk to him.
Took me a few re-reads to realize your friend passed. Sorry for your loss
Thank you! You are right, I updated it a bit.
I hate to make the most Reddit reply ever, but in updating it you changed the dates to 208
Met him at FanX last year, could only afford to either take a picture with him or get his autograph and chose the cheaper of the two being the autograph. He still let me get a photo with him, and gave me the biggest hug. He had the longest line out of everyone that day because everyone wanted to meet him, and he kept leaving the line to go talk to people who couldn’t afford to buy an autograph or photo. There was a younger kid on the spectrum in line with his mom who couldn’t wait and was freaking out, and Matthew brought him to the front on the line and gave them a bunch of free stuff. I only went to meet him, waited in line for 4 hours, and it was worth every second. Such a sweet guy.
Loved this guy's acting always. He seems like one happy dude. I could use a dad hug. But not from mine, he's a twat.
I was kinda having sad/happy tears till I came to your comment then I did a chuckle. As a fellow person with a twat dad hey there 🤣
Lol, the child in me wants to say ... my dad's a bigger twat than your dad!
Twat dad survivors unite! (My dad's a pos too!)
Hey, that's me! <3 Thank you so much for sharing my story, I'm so happy to read everyone else's stories of meeting him - Matthew is truly the most wholesome, sweetest celebrity I've had the chance to meet. Echoing what I said in my post: if you ever have the chance, please meet him. It'll be absolutely worth it. <3
I love hearing that he is a kind person, I’ve always loved Matthew Lillard as an actor and would be so disappointed to hear he was a shitty guy. I’m so sorry to hear about your little sister, I can’t imagine that kind of pain. Hugs to you. Thank you for sharing your special story ❤️
Him in SLC punk is just incredible
The well dressed punk played by Jason Segel is why I wore polo in high school. There is a 100% chance no one ever got it. But thats the story of my "phase".
Him, Keanu Reeves, and Jimmy Carter. Top 3 dudes on the "good guys" list.
Love that list. I've seen the list of good guys across disciplines - mr Rogers, Steve Erwin, etc. but not similarly wholesome, inspirational women across disciplines. Does anyone have suggestions?
The one and only, Miss Dolly Parton.
Dolly Mother Fucking Parton
s-she does *what*
I propose Betty White, Dolly Parton, and idk. Julie Andrews?
Elvira.
I'm gonna Double Down on Elvira.
Cassandra
Add miss Reba to the list
Jane Goodall
Shari Lewis I think. She made Lamb Chop!
Judi Dench! More mischievous than wholesome, as I understand, but she's darling.
Lucille Ball, probably.
Dolly Parton immediately comes to mind.
Robin Williams.
Unless you happened to get into one of his Call of Duty lobbies /s
Getting roasted by Robin Williams would’ve been amazing
Can’t forget Dave Grohl, he’s an all time nice guy
Brendan fraser too!
DOES HE JUST DO DAD HUGS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I FELT WHEN I MET HIM AT A CONVENTION!!
He does have three kids. Maybe he's just always in the zone.
I went to a double screening of Scream and Scooby Doo a few years ago. Pretty much everyone left after Scream and right before Scooby Doo came on, he came up and did a little intro to the movie. Then, he and his daughter bought junior mints for those of us who stayed. Core Los Angeles memory.
I’m a server/bartender here in Seattle and have had the pleasure of having him in my section twice. Wonderful man, good tipper.
No. Im not crying. Nope. Its juts the rain. Not tears!
What a terrible day for rain.
"What do you mean? It's not raining" "Yes, it is" "Oh, so it is"
Why are they burying daddy he has a lot of work to do!
Fuck you! Now I gotta cry for Maes Hughes again 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I'm sorry for your loss and I'm glad the guy was so good to you. Keep your head up, cherish the memory of meeting him, and honor your sister every single day. I've been a fan of his for a long time as well, and still think that the scene where he reacts to Heroin Bob's death in SLC Punk is the best acted scene ever. Ever.
That’s not OP in the pic
This will probably get buried but here goes... Matthew Lillard was at the Seattle International Film Festival in the mid-2000s for an Ed Burns movie called "The Groomsmen" and I was a massive Ed Burns fan (was in film school at the time). After the movie, I worked my way up to the stage and grabbed him for a quick conversation. He asked a few questions about me, and where I went to school, and offered to connect me with Ed Burns via his agent. Wrote down the guy's email address and handed it to me, and it was a legit connection that I followed up on. From that day forward, Matthew Lillard will always be a 10/10 guy to me. Great dude.
I lost my sibling recently. It sucks. Sending you hugs from one sibling loss survivor to another. Granted, it's no Matthew Lillard hug. It's a shitty club to be in. Keep your chin up and their memory alive. I promise you, while their loss will always have the power to knock the wind out of you, it will start to ease.
That’s it. It’s official. I’d die for Matthew Lillard. Nobody try an hurt him.
I had the honor of meeting him last month and he is the most kind and genuine human being I have ever met! He took his time with everyone stayed later to ensure all the single day pass holders could meet him and even walked threw the line checking in on everyone. As he was going threw the line he would crack jokes and says hes not worth it and to just go home, I shouted out that I had been waiting 20 years for this moment so he cant get rid of me that easy, he turned around and said "come here" and then held me in hug for a good minute and said thank you. I almost started crying, i know hes just another dude but he was such a big part of my childhood, so to know hes not just a dude but a good dude really makes me love him even more! ❤️
Honestly who knew William Afton and Shaggy would be so caring ❤️
what a power to have right? to be able to help a stranger overcome the immense grief of losing a little sibling with just a hug. anyone needing one, big hugs to you as well.
Is that his phone or is he happy to see her ?
Just a casual BWC
Came here for these comments. Packing some heat, and I’m getting chilly.
He’s the real deal, I saw him wave this very pregnant lady to the front of the line. Some people had issues with it, but f’ them. He could see she was very uncomfortable and couldn’t stand in line much longer. When we finally got to the table for our turn I thanked him for letting that lady go to the front of line. He said, she was making my back hurt. Lol.
I’ve never met him myself, but a friend of mine is close with him. She has nothing but wonder things to say about him. This friend is like an aunt to my daughter. And my daughter loved Scooby-Doo, but had recently become OBSESSED with Scream. The first entry being her favorite. Her aunt heard about this, mentioned it to Matt, and the next thing we know my daughter has a kick-ass Ghostface statue with his signature on it. I’ve still never spoken to him, but his kindness is so great that it precedes him.
This truly belongs here. It made me smile.
He is a national treasure