Josh Lucas for PEOPLE’s One Last Thing.Photo:Austin Hargrave/August
Austin Hargrave/August
Josh Lucasdoesn’t usually say no to a fan, but there’s an important caveat to that rule.
The actor, 52, finds people frequently want to “say hello” to him when he’s out and about, and “99.9% of the time people are nothing but lovely,” he tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue.
There was one time, though, “a good 15 years ago,” where someone was particularlynotlovely, as they mistook him forMatthew McConaughey— and wouldn’t take no for an answer when asking for an autograph.
“The weirdest story I have is, I once almost got into a fight with a guy because I refused to sign his autograph because he was basically telling me, ‘Hey, Matthew McConaughey, I need you to sign this autograph,’” theSweet Home Alabamastar recalls. “I was like, ‘I’m not Matthew McConaughey.’”
The fan kept insisting, and despite his continued protests, Lucas says he was basically told, “‘You’re an a–hole, McConaughey.’ ”
“It got weirder and weirder. The guy literally started yelling at me on the street, but he was yelling at McConaughey,” he continues. “That was a very strange one.”
Looking back, Lucas admits he “should have just signed the autograph,” before pivoting: “I actually should have just said something ridiculously stupid.”
He adds of the encounter, “It was a very weird moment in my life."
Josh Lucas at the Moet & Chandon 270th Anniversary in 2013; Matthew McConaughey at the Paris ‘Interstellar’ premiere in 2014.Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic; Marc Piasecki/Getty
Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic; Marc Piasecki/Getty
Last guilty pleasureLast night at dinner, I had a Grey Goose martini with blue cheese olives. I try and limit it these days to maybe once or twice a week. That’s definitely my go-to indulgence.
Last perfect day offI’m building a small farm [in Ventura, Calif.], and any day out there is pretty magical. The best are when I come back and my kid [Noah] is there and we watch a movie. It’s my favorite day.
Last time I was in aweBecause of the fires in California, the piece of property I bought that was burned has turned iridescent, almost fluorescent green with moss and all this life. It is so crazy, strikingly beautiful.
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