Actor Woody Harrelson paid warm tribute to director Rob Reiner during a lively masterclass at the Sarajevo Film Festival on Tuesday, calling him "absolutely brilliant" and praising their work together on the 2016 biopic LBJ, in which Harrelson played US president Lyndon B. Johnson. The event, held ahead of Harrelson receiving an Honorary Heart of Sarajevo for his career contributions, saw the three-time Oscar nominee reminisce with film critic Neil Young about decades of his work.

The wide-ranging conversation, held on 18 August 2026, touched on films including Natural Born Killers, No Country for Old Men and The Hunger Games, and covered how Harrelson landed his breakout role as Woody Boyd on Cheers after impressing producers with an improvised sight gag during his audition. He also performed his well-known Elvis Presley impersonation, recalled a penalty shootout at the 2010 SoccerAid match, and spoke fondly of working alongside actors such as Bill Murray, all in an atmosphere the article describes as animated and good-humoured.