Perry briefly met Shyamalan backstage at the event.

They greeted each other, and Shyamalan joined the group.

The two men then went to a different club and kept partying.

Matthew Perry smiling

Eventually, a friend of Perry’s came over and revealed some jaw-dropping news: The manwasn’tShyamalan.

In the case of his encounter withMatthew Perry, life imitated art.

“We did hang out.

M. Night Shyamalan smiling

We had a great time and he was very funny,” Shyamalan recalled.

According to Shyamalan, he and Perry did spend time together at that first bar.

As for Perry, he later learned the actual identity of the Shyamalan look-alike.

Matthew Perry smiling and waving

Unfortunately, Willis had a reputation for intense partying.

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