Celebrities Who Have Gotten Starstruck Meeting Fellow A-Listers: Emma Stone, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brad Pitt and More

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Celebrities Who Have Gotten Starstruck Meeting Fellow A-Listers: Emma Stone, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brad Pitt and More

In awe! Celebrities, including Emma Stone, Jake Gyllenhaal and more are just like Us when it comes to meeting their idols — and other famous stars. Gyllenhaal recalled “absolutely” being starstruck with Mandy Patinkin when the Criminal Minds alum came to see him in the musical Sunday in the Park With George. “He originated the [title] role and basically created the role,” the Brokeback Mountain actor told W Magazine in January 2022 of the interaction. The Donnie Darko star was equally as stunned when he met Brad Pitt on the set of The Good Girl in the early 2000s. “I was working with Jennifer Aniston, who was his wife at the time, and there were a lot of very racy scenes. I remember putting my hand out to shake his, and accidentally hitting the door,” Gyllenhaal told the outlet. “[Brad] said, so confidently and kindly, ‘Well, you have another one. It's all right.’ He was very, very, very sweet to me, and it was actually a really lovely exchange. But, yeah, I was starstruck.” Kristen Stewart felt like she had an out of body experience when she spotted Neve Campbell in a restaurant. "I looked over my shoulder and did this thing that I hate when people do [it] to me, where they look and then snap back and pretend they didn't see or something," the Spencer actress recounted to W Magazine in January 2022. [jwplayer JkhfSlfo-zhNYySv2] Stewart remembered her friend trying to convince her to go and say hi to the actress before Campbell waved her over. "She invited us to sit down and chat for a minute. I was like, 'Man, I need to go see Scream [5].' I love that series so much,” the Twilight star continued. “But it's funny who actually starstrikes you. It's never who you expect. It's a physical thing. Maybe you love a musician, maybe you love an actor so much, but you see them and you're like, 'Yeah, cool. That's them. They're a person.'" Pitt, for his part, remembered what it was like meeting one of his all-time favorite actors Luke Perry, while the duo worked on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The movie was released two months after the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum died in March 2019 after suffering a massive stroke at age 52. “Man, he was so incredibly humble and amazing and absolutely committed,” the Troy star told Esquire in an interview for its Summer 2019 issue. “He couldn’t have been a more friendly, wonderful guy to spend time with. I got to sit down and have some wonderful conversations with him. It was really special.” Scroll down to see which celebrities have been starstruck:

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Adele

The “Hello” singer was shocked during the 2023 Grammy Awards in February when she was introduced to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. “The person that Adele has always wanted to meet and never has, is Dwayne Johnson,” host Trevor Noah explained at the time, before bringing the former wrestler to Adele’s table. “I don’t have Dwayne Johnson here tonight, but I do have someone called The Rock.”

The British songstress was awestruck as she got up to give Johnson a hug. When she later took home the trophy for Best Pop Solo Performance (“Easy on Me”), the Pacifier actor called her his new “best friend.”

Adele’s boyfriend, Rich Paul, for his part, pretended to fake fight Johnson during one of the show’s breaks. The musician laughed as Paul playfully shook his fist at the Black Adam actor.

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Adele

The "Chasing Pavements" singer was bowled over when she learned that Shania Twain was in the audience for one of her Las Vegas shows. "Thank god you had a hat on," the Grammy winner joked via Instagram in November 2022, sharing a photo of Twain in the crowd. "I would have self combusted had I seen it was you. I adore you, I can't believe you came to my show."

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Sophie Turner

“[Kendall Jenner] was at the Met [Gala] and I love the Kardashians,” the Game of Thrones alum revealed during a May 2022 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “I think she's so gorgeous in real life and I was so, like, struck by her beauty. She invited me to this low-key afterparty.”

After Turner was admittedly starstruck by the model, she turned down the sweet invitation. “And I'm like, ‘Why? Why do I do this to myself?’” the England native told Jimmy Fallon. “I just sat in bed and ate pasta and I was like, ‘Could be somewhere else right now.’”

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Elisabeth Moss

The Handmaid's Tale star was literally speechless when she met Sandra Bullock at an awards show. "I just didn't know what to say," Moss said during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen in May 2022. "She's so cool, and she's so funny, and we stood backstage next to each other at God knows which thing, and I just stood there and didn't say anything to her. I froze."

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Jennifer Garner

The Juno star got a major gift for her 50th birthday when her childhood hero Donny Osmond showed up to serenade her. "My first (pre)birthday surprise was a doozy— the one and only, legend in his own time, object of my childhood adoration and devotion— @donnyosmond showed up to knock my purple socks off," Garner wrote via Instagram in April 2022. "He took an hour and a half of his day to sit with me, sing my favorites, and to give me a master class on how to be a class act. Thank you, Donny."

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Shania Twain

The country crooner was just as excited to perform with Harry Styles at Coachella in April 2022 as he was to have her on stage with him. "I am so honored and thrilled to be here," the "Any Man of Mine" singer said during the performance. "I'm kind of lost for words. I'm a bit starstruck, what can I say?"

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Mickey Guyton

“I met Prince Harry. He was just lovely,” the country singer wrote via Instagram in February 2022 after running into the royal at Super Bowl LVI. “I even curtsied in my track suit.”

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Jake Gyllenhaal

The Nightcrawler actor has been starstruck on multiple occasions, including the time he met Patinkin and Pitt. He recalled to W Magazine in January 2022 that he “accidentally” hit his hand on the door while trying to shake the Fight Club star’s hand when he saw him on the set of The Good Girl.

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Kristen Stewart

The Still Alice actress recalled being in awe of Campbell after speaking with her at a restaurant. “It's a physical thing. Maybe you love a musician, maybe you love an actor so much, but you see them and you're like, 'Yeah, cool. That's them. They're a person,'" she told W Magazine in January 2022 after her run-in with the Scream actress. “There are some people that just get in there. Physically. And then your body goes, ‘Ahh.’"

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Cardi B

The rapper freaked out in November 2021 after meeting Robert Pattinson. “I felt like a teen!” she captioned a video via Twitter of the meeting.

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Drew Barrymore

The Charlie’s Angels actress revealed that while she’s been acting since she was a kid, she still gets tongue-tied when she spends time with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. That list includes Chelsea Handler, Amy Schumer, Sarah Silverman and Sarah Cooper.

“With legends @chelseahandler @amyschumer @sarahkatesilverman @sarahcpr #highlightofmylife,” the Drew Barrymore Show host wrote via Instagram in October 2021. “I’m not someone who posts a lot with other people when I’m out socially. I’m not trying to show my fab life. Most of my friends are life longers and we kind of just hang!”

The Wedding Singer star added: “I stay home a lot and I am lucky that my job allows me to be around incredible jaw dropping people but usually it’s because my professional life brought me to a situation! But this is a moment I am so proud of.”

She noted that she was a “weirdo” with the group of women. “I am a fan. I was fan girling out so hard. And this is a moment I had to share,” Barrymore concluded. “Thank you to these comedy goddesses who are also amazing humans to boot. Wow. Pinch me!”

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Mindy Kaling

“I SCREAMED when I was walking out of my dad and step-mom’s house and randomly saw @thechristinequinn on a break from shooting Selling Sunset on the sidewalk,” the Mindy Project alum wrote via Instagram in July 2021 after her Christine Quinn sighting. “It’s my favorite show on TV and not in like a ‘guilty pleasure’ way; that show is SO GOOD.”

Kaling added: “Christine is a fabulous real estate agent and new mom who sells $30 million dollar mansions in 7 inch Louboutins. Plus, she keeps things spicy which is always nice! I love the whole cast and this made my year. Queen!”

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Wanda Sykes

“I was pretty starstruck when I met George Clooney,” the comedian exclusively told Us Weekly in May 2021.

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Emma Stone

The Easy A actress recalled being captivated by Leonardo DiCaprio in 2017 when she received her Academy Awards trophy from the actor.

“I’d seen Titanic seven and a half times in theaters. He was the love of my life,” Stone said during an interview on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show in May 2021. “I had a picture of him in my bedroom that was signed, that I had gotten for my birthday when I was like 12 years old. I was walking to Leo and I was like, ‘This is officially the most surreal moment of my life.’ I could not believe it.”

The La La Land star added: “I think he probably thinks I’m like a little weird, ‘cause whenever I see him, I’m kind of like, ‘Hey, how’s it going?’ You know, just in little moments, either at the same event or something. He’s very sweet though. But that was truly — that was what was the craziest experience was the fact that it was him.”

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David Beckham

The former soccer star was somewhat speechless when he spotted Emilia Clarke in November 2019 while at a concert. “I was a little star struck whist [sic] being in the same vicinity of the Mother Of Dragons,” Beckham captioned an Instagram photo of the two smiling backstage. “So nice to see @emilia_clarke in San Fran whilst being wowed by Fleetwood Mac 🔥 #dreamforce2019.”

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Sam Smith

The “Fire on Fire” crooner held on tight to Lizzo in July 2019. “So truly happy I got to meet @lizzo the other day. Her show was out of this world!!” Smith wrote via Twitter. “Made me feel so high on life!! She is the one. Can’t wait to watch you continue to take over the world gorgeous xx.”

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Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio

The actors had a fangirl moment when they bumped into Perry on the set of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

“‘That’s Luke f–king Perry!’” Pitt recalled saying to DiCaprio in their cover story for Esquire’s Summer 2019 issue, published in May of that year. “We were like kids in the candy shop because I remember going to the studios and [Beverly Hills, 90210] was going on and he was that icon of coolness for us as teenagers. It was this strange burst of excitement that I had, to be able to act with him.”

The Titanic star agreed, saying, “I remember my friend Vinny, who is in the film as well, we walked in and we both had this butterfly moment of like, ‘Oh, my God, that’s Luke Perry over there!’”

Pitt later opened up about his first ever celebrity encounter, recalling the time he saw John Cusack at a concert after he first moved to L.A. “That was the first I had ever seen a man or woman who actually worked in film," he told W Magazine in January 2023. "It was really strange, being in the same room with someone who you watched on the screen."

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Shania Twain

The country singer admitted on the Today show in January 2019 that she was “awkward” when she first got to know Madonna. “I understand why [people get starstruck],” Twain explained. “I’m sympathetic and empathetic about how they’re feeling in that moment because I do the same thing.”

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Sarah Paulson

The American Horror Story actress had a minor freak out when she and Rihanna began working together on Ocean’s 8. “I wanted to be cool around her,” Paulson said during a May 2018 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “I wish I’d worn a diaper when I met her cause I sort of [peed]. Just like a tiny little! Just like a little squirt.”

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Chrissy Metz

“When your mission to meet @samsmithworld backstage at @iheartjingleball is accomplished yours truly becomes a child with unabashed joy!” the This Is Us actress captioned a photo with Sam Smith in December 2017. “I wish I would’ve eloquently said how much his music moves me and what an incredible gift he gives us all but nope, not sure I even spoke English.”