Kate Beckinsale has admitted she has a photo of Succession star Brian Cox as a screensaver on her phone.
The actress, 49, appeared on The tonight show in scenes airing Tuesday night where she revealed the actor, 76 has a “testicle pull.”
Kate. who was covered in lube because of the white latex dress she was wearing (because it helped her put on) told Jimmy Fallon why she’s so close to the actor.
She said, “I’m covered in lube. I’m sorry if I touched you. I’m not always covered in lube. Sometimes.’
‘I love that man [Brian Cox]. I like Succession, but I did a movie with him a few years ago.
‘He has a testicular pull’: Kate Beckinsale, 49, admitted she has a photo of Succession’s Brian Cox, 76, as a screensaver on her phone and revealed he ‘calls her when she’s feeling down’
She said, “I love him so much. He has such a strange pull that when I’m in a slump he feels a call in a fatherly way and calls me and gets me out of trouble’ (stock image)
“He’s been kind of vague in my life since I was a kid anyway, because he was best friends with my godfather, [David Bradley.]
‘I love him so much. He has such a strange pull that when I’m in a slump he feels a call in a fatherly way and calls me up and gets me out of trouble.
“That came out wrong, but I was in a bit of a hurry to get here, so I was in a testy state of mind. Sorry everyone.’
She continued, “No, he’s beautiful and I find it very comforting to see his face every 30 seconds when my phone relaxes and there he is.”
“I made a really bad movie with him when I was about 19. Everyone in it was brilliant, it was Christian Bale, Helen Mirren and all these incredible people.
And the movie was terrible. It was sort of a retelling of Hamlet, but it was awful. So Brian was my father in that. I think he was pretty angry. He knew the movie was going to be terrible.
So he wasn’t that approachable. He was a bit grumpy because all the sets wobbled and he kept falling off his horse and things like that.
‘I was still at university. And this time I played his daughter in a movie called Prisoner’s daughter. I am the daughter and he is the prisoner.’
Kate said on the show, “That came out wrong, but I was in a bit of a hurry to get here, so I was in a testy state of mind. Sorry everyone’
Kate shared these photos ahead of her performance, writing, “Limbering up to go on @fallontonight later tonight. He hates it when you show up with a crunchy piriformis @maxmara’
Ahead of the show, Kate shared some leggy photos of herself on Instagram in a blue playsuit, matching tights, a jacket and some high platforms.
She wrote: ‘Limbering going up on @fallontonight later this evening. He hates it when you show up with a crunchy piriformis @maxmara.
Kate caused quite a stir in New York City on Monday when she made her way to the show.
The Underworld star – who recently gave Instagram a sexy glimpse of her midriff – left her hotel in The Big Apple in her form-fitting white dress and sultry latex gloves.
The breathtaking look was enhanced by puffy shoulders, a latex bow around the waist and another black bow that topped off her ponytail.
Beckinsale’s sun-kissed skin glowed and her plump lips were a glossy pink to match her crisp manicure.
The English beauty shielded her look with big designer shades and wore a pair of sky-high platform pumps from Valentino.
Turning heads: Kate caused quite a stir in New York City on Monday as she headed to The Tonight Show
Latex bridal: The Underworld star left her hotel in The Big Apple in a skintight white dress and sultry latex gloves that required lube to put it on
Kate was greeted by a crowd of fans as she arrived at the studio of The Tonight Show in Manhattan, where she gracefully signed a few autographs before entering.
The Pearl Harbor star is currently in New York City to promote her upcoming movie Fool’s Paradise, which will hit theaters May 12.
Beckinsale is part of an all-star ensemble cast led by Charlie Day, who also wrote and directed the comedy in which he plays a mute mental patient who happens to look exactly like a major movie star.
Kate plays Day’s glamorous wife in the satirical romp, which brings together Ken Jeong, Adrien Brody, Common, Jason Sudeikis, Edie Falco, John Malkovich and the late Ray Liotta.
The Serendipity star has also been hard at work filming her new action thriller Canary Black in Croatia.
The film is directed by Taken director Pierre Morel, and follows a top CIA agent named Avery Graves.
Avery is left in a helpless position after terrorists blackmail her into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband.
And in addition to grabbing headlines with her A-list fashion sense, Kate recently shocked fans by sharing a terrifying story via Instagram.
Fashionista: Beckinsale’s show-stopping look was enhanced by puffy shoulders, a latex bow around the waist and another black bow to crown her ponytail
Autograph maven: Kate was greeted by a crowd of fans as she arrived at the studio of The Tonight Show in Manhattan, where she gracefully signed a few autographs before entering
Turning heads: The English beauty shielded her look with big designer shades and wore a pair of sky-high platform pumps from Valentino
Good sport: The Serendipity star was all smiles as an overzealous fan moved in for a photo
Busy star: Kate is currently in New York City promoting her upcoming film Fool’s Paradise, which will hit theaters May 12
Addressing her 5.5 million Instagram followers last week, Kate revealed that “several men” were being catfished online by “con artists” posing as the star during the lockdown.
The scammers tricked the men into thinking they were dating Beckinsale before inviting them to her home in Los Angeles.
The Hollywood star revealed that the boys’ attack left her and her then-boyfriend Goody Grace, 25, living in fear, while the catfish victims were left “humiliated” upon learning the truth, with some eventually being arrested.
The scammers were so desperate to fool their victims that they even created fake social media profiles for her beloved cat Clive, who has become an internet celebrity thanks to his presence on Kate’s Instagram account.