Matthew Lawrence revealed why Gabrielle Union reported him while they were working together on the 1999 TV film “H-E Double Hockey Sticks.”
“There was this one moment where — and, again, I’m oblivious, I had no idea — and [Gabrielle] wanted to rehearse. And I was like, ‘No, I’m good,’” the “Mrs. Doubtfire” star recalled on the “Magical Rewind” podcast over the weekend.
“She got angry and went and reported me to the director and the studio. The only time in my entire career, because usually I’m, like, the advocate, and I’m fighting for kids and, like, you know, women’s rights.”
He added, “This is the only time in my life when I was called into the office for something I did on set. And I had no clue.”
Lawrence, 45, said he did not want to rehearse with the “Bring It On” actress, 52, because he wanted the scene to feel fresh when it came time to shoot.
“At that point, in my mind — now I can do whatever, and nothing’s gonna faze me — [but] at that point in my mind, I really loved memorizing the lines, knowing all the beats,” he remembered.
“But hated running it, cause it felt like it took all the freshness out of it.”
The “Boy Meets World” alum shared that he no longer feels that way about rehearsing his lines.
He then lauded Union, saying that out of everyone on the set of their TV movie, he knew that she would go on to be a star.
“Magical Rewind” podcast co-host Sabrina Bryan also praised the “Bad Boys II” actress, saying, “She’s so beautiful and she just has this, like, aura of just confidence.”
Page Six has reached out to a rep for Union but did not immediately hear back.
“H-E Double Hockey Sticks” premiered on ABC in October 1999 as part of “The Wonderful World of Disney” series.
In the comedy, Lawrence portrayed Dave Heinrich, a hotshot young hockey player whose soul an apprentice demon, played by Will Friedle, is trying to steal.
Union played an angel named Gabrielle who told the demon that Heinrich’s soul could be saved if his hockey team won the Stanley Cup.
That same year, the Proudly co-owner starred in the popular teen comedies “She’s All That” and “10 Things I Hate About You.”
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