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Matthew Broderick lived at Warren Beatty’s home for 3 months as ‘victim’ to the ‘longest meeting ever’
Matthew Broderick says a meeting with Warren Beatty about the film *Rules Don’t Apply* turned into a stay of roughly three months at Beatty’s home. Broderick described himself jokingly as a possible “victim” of the “longest meeting ever”, because he stayed in a guest house while making the film.
Broderick recalled travelling to Los Angeles for what he expected to be a one-day meeting, then reading the script and accepting Beatty’s offer to stay overnight. The next morning, an attempt to leave for the gym was sidetracked when Beatty pointed out there was a gym at the house; Broderick later remained there during production. Beatty directed and co-wrote the 2016 romantic comedy, which starred both men alongside Lily Collins and Alden Ehrenreich.
In short
- A one-day meeting became a months-long stay.
- Broderick stayed in Beatty’s guest house while making the film.
- Their film was the 2016 romantic comedy *Rules Don’t Apply*.
Explained simply
Warren Beatty is an American actor and film-maker who directed and co-wrote Rules Don’t Apply, a 2016 romantic comedy set in 1950s Hollywood. Matthew Broderick, also an actor, appeared in the film with Beatty, Lily Collins and Alden Ehrenreich.
The story centres on how the two actors worked together during the film’s making. Beatty invited Broderick to stay in a guest house at his home, and Broderick says he remained there for about three months while production was under way.
The film matters here as the reason for their extended time together: what Broderick expected to be a short meeting became part of his work on the production. His description of himself as a “victim” of a very long meeting was made jokingly.