Matthew Broderick claims he may have been the “victim” of the “longest meeting ever” with Warren Beatty ahead of filming their 2016 rom-com “Rules Don’t Apply.”

During an Oct. 22 appearance on the new podcast “Nepo, Baby!,” Broderick, 64, recalled heading to Los Angeles to meet with Beatty, 89, for what was only meant to be a day, but ended up lasting several months.

“I remember I was early, driving up the hill to Mulholland, so nervous. I had to pull over and wait at a curb for a while, just sweating,” he said.

During an appearance on the “Nepo, Baby!” podcast, Matthew Broderick (pictured above) claimed he may have been the “victim” of the “longest meeting ever” with Warren Beatty ahead of filming “Rules Don’t Apply.” Nepo, Baby!/YouTube

Broderick recalled heading to Los Angeles to meet with Beatty for what was only meant to be a day, but ended up lasting several months. Nepo, Baby!/YouTube

The “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” actor said Beatty was wearing a white shirt and white pants when he first met him at the house, adding that he “looked like Warren Beaty.”

He also noticed burn marks on the filmmaker’s face from having things burned off ahead of filming, which he said was “good” because he “looked more human.”

“We had a really good dinner. We didn’t talk about the movie for a long time. Then he gave me the script, … and I was put in a room to read it,” Broderick said.

Broderick said Beatty (seen above in Los Angeles in April 2022) was wearing a white shirt and white pants and had burn marks on his face when they first met at his home. Getty Images for TCM

“We had a really good dinner. We didn’t talk about the movie for a long time. Then he gave me the script, … and I was put in a room to read it,” Broderick (pictured above at the 2026 Tribeca Festival) said. Getty Images for Tribeca Festival

He went on to explain that by the time he finished reading the script, it was already late, and after discussing the movie, Beatty offered to let him stay the night when he said it was time to head back to his hotel.

The “Lion King” star said he was “creeping” around the house the following morning, hoping to quietly slip out, when he ran into Beatty making oatmeal in the kitchen.

Broderick then tried to use going to the gym as an excuse to leave, only for Beatty to point out that they had a gym at the house.

Broderick said Beatty (seen above at the 2018 Oscars) offered to let him stay the night because it was already late by the time they finished discussing the script. Getty Images

Broderick (pictured above at the 2025 New York premiere of Netflix’s “Zero Day”) said he was “creeping” around the house the following morning, hoping to slip out, but Beatty foiled his plan by pointing out they had a gym at the house. Getty Images

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“I don’t remember when that ended, but the reason I say it might be the longest meeting ever is I did the movie and stayed there. He had a little guest house,” Broderick revealed.

He went on to joke, “That meeting, in a way, went on for, like, three months because I never left. I never really left Mulholland.”

“Rules Don’t Apply” was directed and co-written by Beatty, who also starred in the film alongside Broderick, Lily Collins and Alden Ehrenreich.

“The reason I say it might be the longest meeting ever is I did the movie and stayed there. … I never really left Mulholland,” Broderick said. (He is seen above with Beatty and his “Rule Don’t Apply” co-star Lily Collins in 2016.) Kristina Bumphrey/Starpix / Shutterstock

Beatty directed and co-wrote “Rules Don’t Apply,” in which he starred alongside Broderick, Collins and, notably, his wife, Annette Bening. (The four are pictured above at a 2016 luncheon in honor of the film.) Kristina Bumphrey/Starpix / Shutterstock

Notably, the cast also included Beatty’s wife, Annette Bening, whom he married in 1992 and with whom he shares four children.

Broderick, for his part, tied the knot with Sarah Jessica Parker in May 1997 in a surprise ceremony at a Manhattan synagogue.

The couple share three children: son James, 23, and 17-year-old twin daughters, Tabitha and Marion.