10 Ridiculous Actor Stories You Won't Believe Are Real

10. Channing Tatum Was Freaking Out Badly When He Met Matt Damon

He may often come across as one of the most charming and confident blokes in the business on-screen, but Channing Tatum himself has admitted that he typically tends to "panic when (he) talk(s) to people" in real-life (via People).

And one example of the 21 Jump Street star doing exactly that, and producing one of the most ridiculous questions possible in the process, happened back when Tatum met none other than Matt Damon for the first time about a decade ago.

With Tatum shooting Steven Soderbergh's Haywire at the time, Damon decided to join the team for a few drinks after they'd finished filming for the day. And it was here when the Foxcatcher actor nervously decided to ask an icon he was very much a fan of exactly where he was from.

Matt Damon: arguably one of the most famous actors to ever come out of Massachusetts.

Tatum himself even admitted that everybody on the planet knows where he's from, and he spent the next two hours with his mouth firmly shut, with the star hilariously confessing to producing a cold sweat whenever he thinks about the ridiculous opening line to this day.

Luckily for the Chan man, Damon is a nice enough fella and happily answered the obvious question. The two are even "friendly" still today, proving that it's possible to recover from even the most awkward of first impressions, folks.