Anna Daniels
Just to be clear, that comment was very much a jab … it just seems the jab was one Sebastian Stan had intended solely for himself. Per that Jess Cagle interview, Stan actually sets quite the embarrassing scene while trying to explain his self-deprecating comment, offering that he was feeling bad that he’d felt compelled to re-introduce himself to his more famous co-star at all.
“All that I was trying to say, I was just trying to take the piss out of myself, to be honest. We were at this event, and especially at some of the fashion events, for me I feel a bit out of my element. I try to kind of stick to myself. I’m not like that guy that goes up to people and is like, ‘Hey! How are you? Here’s who I am.’ It just doesn’t feel right.”
Stan reportedly attended the Fashion Week event with a friend, who then spotted Paltrow and reminded the actor he’d worked with her on the Avengers flicks. Unfortunately, Stan’s introverted nature at such events fueled quite an awkward re-introduction. “I was like, ‘I don’t know if we really worked together.’ So I guess we got thrown in that group photo,” he said. “I was like, ‘Hey, by the way, it’s Sebastian.’ I think she sort of just gave me this look. I was like, ‘From Avengers, we met…’ and then the picture was taken, I’m not even sure if she [remembered me]. It was just like a weird moment. I was like, ‘My God, I’ve introduced myself to this poor woman a third time, she must think I’m just this crazy person.”
There you have it, folks, if Sebastian Stan was “taking the piss” out of anyone with that Instagram post, it really was just the “crazy person” version of himself. Whatever the case, let’s hope the recent clarification finally puts an end to this supposed MCU “controversy.”
Written by: Looper
