AlthoughKieran Culkinisnt aproponent for method acting, sometimes theres just no competing with the real thing.
At intermission, Culkin had to come clean.
Im like, I thought this was a good prank.
Kieran Culkin confesses to getting Mark Ruffalo and their co-stars high on stage during a 2000 production of James Lapine’s ‘The Moment When’.Joe Maher/Getty Images for BFI/Monica Schipper/Getty Images
Oh my God, Im so sorry,' he recalled.
But actually, they loved it.
There was this other actor who had never smoked pot in her life.
She goes, Is this what being high is?
And then Phyllis Newman comes in and goes, I havent smoked pot since the 1960s.
Thank you, darling.'
I sheepishly handed her the roach and she said, Ruin your life on your own time.'
The Golden Globe winner seems to have learned his lesson.
I know, I know.
But I was young.
Im not going to take a stab at get anyone high on stage, he said.
But I was acting, so I was just like, he explained, faking a big inhale.
Between the two of us, we smoked a giant blunt on stage, said Ruffalo.
And Im like, Man, I am in it tonight.
Im feeling it… whys that dude standing backstage laughing at me?
And the kid who put the joint on the prop table is standing there, [laughing].
