America Ferrara recalled breaking down in tears after meeting Leonardo DiCaprio for the first time.
The “Barbie” actress, 39, who is among the nominees for the upcoming Academy Awards, noted that being dazzled by other celebrities can “sneak up on you” during a Friday appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” .
“Most of the time, it's like someone you had a connection with since childhood, right?” Ferrara said. “That's why he's always very embarrassing.”
America Ferrara admitted she “started crying” after meeting Leonardo DiCaprio. (Getty)
She continued, “I'm debating, like, 'Do I even want to say this out loud? But, okay.'”
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Ferrara continued to recount her meeting with her teenage love DiCaprio, now 49, after she won best actress in a comedy series for her performance in “Ugly Betty” at the 2007 SAG Awards.
“I saw Titanic in theaters seven times,” he recalled. “[I was] 13, 14 [years old]prime time to be in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, right?”
“Okay, the first time I went to the SAG Awards and I won for 'Betty,' I was on stage and everything,” Ferrera recalled. “I felt like, 'I belong here, this is cool.'”
“And then Leonardo DiCaprio was there, and I said 'Hi,' and I quickly left him, turned the corner, and started crying,” she said.
Ferrara recalled that she met DiCaprio after he won an award at the 2007 Emmys. (Albert L. Ortega/WireImage)
“And my husband, then boyfriend, was with me and said, 'I'm so embarrassed right now.'”
Ferrara told Meyers that her husband Ryan Piers Williams, whom she married in 2011, urged her to “stop crying.”
“And I said: 'But it's Leonardo!' she said.
“I hope Leonardo DiCaprio never sees this,” Ferrara added.
“The good thing is he probably won't,” Meyers joked.
The actress explained that she was “in love” with DiCaprio after watching his 1997 film “Titanic.” (Getty Images)
Meyers, 50, told Ferrara that he did “the same thing” when he met Julia Roberts for the first time. The comedian explained that the encounter occurred backstage while he was hosting the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2014.
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“I walked past her. She was like, 'Hey, good job.' I was like, 'Oh, thanks, it's nice to meet you.' I walked around and cried,” he recalled. “And my wife wasn't with me, but I did FaceTime because I wanted her to see.”
During her appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” Ferrara shared that she recently nearly cried after Tom Hanks congratulated her on her performance in “Barbie.”
Ferrara said she also nearly cried when she met Tom Hanks. (Taylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty Images)
The “Superstore” alum said she met Hanks, 67, at the Governor's Awards on Jan. 9.
“Growing up, people were like, 'Oh, who do you want to be? Like Salma Hayek, like J.Lo?' I was like, 'Tom Hanks,' she recalled. “I wanted to be Tom Hanks. That was my goal. And just a couple of weeks ago, he came up to me and said very nice things to me.”
“It was like I was in seven different timelines at the same time,” Ferrara said of his reaction to Hanks' comments. “I was like eight[years-old]”I was ten, I was 14, I was 80 remembering this on my deathbed.”
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“It was crazy,” he added. “I was like, 'If you only knew what's going on in my mind right now.' But he was telling me really nice things. And I was trying to remember every single thing he said. And at the same time, I was shaking. and terrified to start crying in front of him.
Ferrara was nominated for her first Oscar for her role as Gloria in last summer's megahit “Barbie,” which earned a total of eight nominations. She will compete for the award against fellow nominees Jodie Foster, Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks and Da'Vine Joy Randolph at the ceremony on March 10 at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
