Olivia Wilde says Jeff Bridges uses an unhinged technique before emotional scenes
Olivia Wilde says Jeff Bridges uses an unhinged technique before emotional scenes
Emlyn TravisFri, July 3, 2026 at 1:30 PM UTC
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Olivia Wilde and Jeff BridgesCredit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/WireImageKey Points -
The Invite costars Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen are going head-to-head in a game of Entertainment Weekly's "Lie Vs. Lie" video series.
During the game, which sees costars guess whether the other is sharing true or false stories, Wilde reveals the strangest thing she's ever seen another actor do on set.
She shares what Jeff Bridges would do "to be emotional" during Tron: Legacy scenes.
Olivia Wilde is looking back at the unique technique that her Tron: Legacycostar Jeff Bridges would employ before dramatic scenes.
In Entertainment Weekly’s “Lie Vs. Lie” video series, which sees costars guess whether the other is telling true or false stories, Seth Rogen asks his costar and director of The Invite to share the strangest thing she’s ever seen another actor do on set.
“Jeff Bridges had a thing on Tron that he would do this thing that he would, like, gag to be emotional,” a laughing Wilde recalls. “It was like a physical thing, where he would go like, ‘[retching noises].’”
Rogen, in response, simply hangs his head to hide his own laughter. “I think it’s true,” he adds.
Wilde confirms that it is, indeed, true — and “very hard not to laugh” whenever it happened during a take. “You’re like,” she begins, before widening her eyes and pretending to stifle her giggles.
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Wilde starred as Quorra in the 2010 sci-fi film, a sequel to the 1982 classic. The project, which was directed by Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick, F1), also starred Garrett Hedlund, Beau Garrett, Michael Sheen, and Bruce Boxleitner.
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The Booksmart director also shares a harrowing — and very real — experience in which she nearly drowned while shooting an underwater scene in the 2006 horror film, Turistas.
Jeff Bridges and Olivia Wilde in 'Tron: Legacy'Credit: Douglas Curran
“My character was supposed to be drowning, so when I started drowning, they were like, ‘All right, finally, a little bit of… She’s nailing it. She’s locked in,” Wilde teases. “And the cameraman dropped the camera to grab me, because he was like, 'She dead.'"
She confirms that the take is in the movie. “It was the only take, so it had to be,” she adds.
Watch Rogen and Wilde lie to each other in the video above. The Invite is in theaters now.
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