Princewill Pius
Steve Martin and Martin Short first met in 1985 on the set of Three Amigos. But, as they told Parade, the two didn’t truly bond until they played Scrabble. Martin explained that, in the middle of their competitive game, Short slipped him an unexpected note about his wife and what he’d be willing to do in exchange “for a Q or an E.”
“I can still see it! I was looking at him and he was writing and I was wondering, Why is he doing that? Is it a note to himself?” Martin recalled. “Then I saw the note folded over and pushed at me. It took me so much by surprise.” That’s when a true friendship began to form. As Short said, the two “have this natural chemistry.”
“When you’re making movies, you’re in this intense world for two and a half months and often never seen each other again,” Short told Parade. “In this case, I made a conscientious decision that no, I didn’t want to lose this guy.” As Short added in an interview with The New York Times, their relationship has never been complex. “Sometimes even with good friends, they’ll take something the wrong way. We’ve never had that moment,” he said.
The pair have a shared commitment to keeping their comedy routine drama-free, too.
Written by: Nicki
