He, nevertheless, was “immediately smitten,” he remembered in 2018 on Off Camera With Sam Jones He fulfilled her when the director, Peter Medak, got them together for supper to see if they had the required chemistry. Basically provided the consent to “look this person in the face and in the eyes, at dinner I was just ‘Oh my god, look at her.’ She had this thousand-watt bulb going off behind her eyes, she was so light, and so interesting.” He motioned with his head to show he was down for the count.
Danson stated he didn’t learn up until later on that Steenburgen was suspicious of him, stating how she had actually stated, “‘Ugh, I love the script, but if Ted Danson’s attached to it and he’s that Hollywood-slick, Sam Malone-kind of guy…'” But, he felt that she began to take a look at him in a different way one day when they remained in the lunch line on set and she saw that he was both splashed with paint (taking up painting became part of his “self-discovery,” he discussed) and had a tear in the back of his denims, so she might see his “tighty-whities,” as she called them.
“And she went, ‘Well this guy’s not cool,'” Danson stated with a laugh. “‘He’s a doofus! Now I’m interested!'”
