12 male celebrities with bromances on and off screen: from Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, and Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, to Ben Affleck and Matt Damon who are childhood buds
- Leonardo DiCaprio and Spider-Man alum Tobey Maguire hit it off as 90s child actors, while Scrubs’ Donald Faison and Zach Braff even started a podcast together
- Steve Martin and Martin Short are pals from 1986, and currently star on Hulu with Selena Gomez, but did Angelina Jolie really disapprove of George Clooney and her ex-hubby Brad Pitt’s bond?
When you’re working in the world of showbiz, it’s expected to work long hours and overtime, spending weeks on end with the same crew. So it’s not too surprising to hear that many actors and actresses often make lifelong friendships with those they meet on set. What’s even more exciting though is when stars’ off-screen friendships are just as tight-knit as they are on-screen.
So, which male celebrity bromances translated into IRL too?
1. Steve Martin and Martin Short
Short and Martin are one of the greatest comedy duos – and they’re also great pals. The actors played friends in their 1986 film, Three Amigos, alongside Chevy Chase, and they’ve been friends in real life ever since.
In addition to working on other films together, they co-headlined a comedy tour, The Funniest Show in Town at the Moment, in 2020.
“What Steve and I still share at this stage of our lives is this unbelievable satisfaction when you do a good show,” Short told InStyle. “We have fun. We have dinner and drink wine after, and laugh. It’s a great hang.”
Actor Julian Cihi, who played murder victim Tim Kono in the first season, previously said that the pair were extremely close on set. “Steve and Marty would be playing card games or board games during our breaks while everyone else was on their phones or taking a nap,” he said.