It’s been 25 years since Drew Barrymore fell for her high school crush Chris O’Donnell in the teen romantic drama Mad Love.
The co-stars reunite on Thursday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show and reminisced about the fun they had shooting together in Seattle.
And, in a clip of the upcoming episode, Drew was shocked to learn that her former on-screen love had never actually watched the cult classic.
Co-stars: Drew Barrymore and Chris O’Donnell reunited 25 years after their film Mad Love on Thursday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show and reminisced about the fun they had shooting together in Seattle
Drew and Chris now 45 and 50, respectively, agreed that it felt like no time had passed since they were star-crossed teenage lovers in Mad Love.
‘It’s unbelievable, I mean I can’t even believe it was 25 years,’ Chris said before gushing over photos from their time on the film.
‘It’s so funny, look at you, oh my God, chopped hair,’ he gushed referring to Drew’s pixie cut in the 90s. ‘That’s a great picture….That was so much fun, that was a fun shoot being up in Seattle at that time was amazing.’
Mad Love followed Matt (O’Donnell) and Casey (Drew) who fall hard for each other after meeting in high school.
What? In a clip of the upcoming episode, Drew was shocked to learn that her former on-screen love had never actually watched the cult classic
‘It’s unbelievable, I mean I can’t even believe it was 25 years,’ Chris said before gushing over photos from their time on the film.
‘It’s so funny, look at you, oh my God, chopped hair,’ he gushed referring to Drew’s pixie cut in the 90s. ‘That’s a great picture….That was so much fun, that was a fun shoot being up in Seattle at that time was amazing.’
Quirky Casey has a dark side and attempts suicide in the film. She is sent into a treatment facility but gets broken out of the institution by Matt who thinks their love will be enough to ‘fix’ Casey.
In her own life, Drew has experience similar troubles to her character. She entered rehab for the first time at 13 and returned a second time a year later following a suicide attempt.
‘I remember on Mad Love, I mean I was so wild at that point in my life, I would say straight up cray, and just having the best time and I would just take scissors to my hair,’ Drew reflected in the clip.
Drew and Chris’s romance in the film was so intense that the actor admitted that he’d never been able to watch the movie.
1995: Mad Love followed Matt (O’Donnell) and Casey (Drew) who fall hard for each other after meeting in high school
‘I remember on Mad Love, I mean I was so wild at that point in my life, I would say straight up cray, and just having the best time and I would just take scissors to my hair,’ Drew reflected in the clip.
‘I have to confess I had so much fun making Mad Love – I’ve actually never seen it,’ he revealed.
There was one failed attempt around the time the film premiered when O’Donnell said he was so uncomfortable he had to walk out of a private screening.
‘It’s so funny because, I don’t know if you remember there was a screening at one of the Warner Bros. lots, and I was sitting between you and Caroline, who was my girlfriend at the time, and we got into a couple of these scenes and I said, “I can’t handle this. I can’t sit between the two of you and watch this movie,”‘ Chris explained.
‘I have to confess I had so much fun making Mad Love – I’ve actually never seen it,’ he revealed.
‘It’s so funny because, I don’t know if you remember there was a screening at one of the Warner Bros. lots, and I was sitting between you and Caroline, who was my girlfriend at the time, and we got into a couple of these scenes and I said, “I can’t handle this. I can’t sit between the two of you and watch this movie,”‘ Chris explained.
Adding: ‘So truthfully, and people especially young girls always come up and go, “I love that movie, it was so amazing,” and I’m thinking, “Thank you, I can’t comment. I don’t know how it ended up turning out.”‘
Two years after Mad Love came out, Chris ended up marrying his girlfriend Caroline and the pair have been together ever since. Together they share five children.
‘I just get embarrassed watching myself onscreen. It’s an uncomfortable experience,’ the star said.
‘I just get embarrassed watching myself onscreen. It’s an uncomfortable experience,’ the star said. ‘Even to this day, sometimes you go back years later and it feels a little more, you know when you can distance yourself, but when you’re that close to it, I don’t know if you feel the same but for me it’s the experience of making it and that’s what it’s all about.’
‘Even to this day, sometimes you go back years later and it feels a little more, you know when you can distance yourself, but when you’re that close to it, I don’t know if you feel the same but for me it’s the experience of making it and that’s what it’s all about.’
Currently, O’Donnell has been starring in NCIS: Los Angeles which since season on The hit CBS crime drama kicked off its 12th season on November 8.
In September Drew launched her syndicated talk show, The Drew Barrymore Show, which airs weekdays.
Tune in: In September Drew launched her syndicated talk show, The Drew Barrymore Show, which airs weekdays