Vince Vaughn shared a little-known secret about legendary actor Al Pacino: ‘He smells fabulous.’
The 55-year-old actor recently filmed a new movie called Easy’s Waltz with the 85-year-old Pacino, who recently booked two new movie roles.
Vaughn put in an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, to promote his new Netflix movie Nonnas, debuting on Netflix May 9.
When Fallon asked how Pacino was, Vaughn revealed, ‘I love Al Pacino. I did a movie with him. He’s terrific. I have to say this, he smells fabulous.’
Vaughn added, ‘He smells like a high end cologne counter in Italy. He has an incredible smell. The whole aroma is unbelievable,’ which surprised Fallon.
The actor mentioned he wasn’t the only one singing the praises of Pacino’s indelible aroma.
Vince Vaughn shared a little-known secret about legendary actor Al Pacino on a late night talk show Thursday – and it’s to do with how the Oscar-winning star smells
‘And people had noticed this, I mean, many things about him. He’s a tremendous guy. Very easy to be around. But smells matter,’ Vaughn insisted about the Hollywood icon
‘And people had noticed this, I mean, many things about him. He’s a tremendous guy. Very easy to be around. But smells matter,’ Vaughn insisted.
When Fallon asked Vaughn if he told Pacino that he smelled great, Vaughn added, ‘Yes. A lot of people would be around us and tell him that he smelled fantastic.’
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‘He smells fantastic. And then, so, the question would come up which is, you know, “What’s the cologne?”‘ Vaughn added.
He said the actor was, ‘тιԍнт lipped’ about his particular smell, adding, ‘He’d say, “I have to try to remember.” He doesn’t want to share that fabulous smell.’
Vaughn added that Pacino would say, ‘I’m trying to leave a legacy,’ adding, ‘So he was protecting his smells.’
Fallon said that he had to bring Vaughn back when he was promoting Easy’s Waltz, as Vaughn joked, ‘a smelling line would be fabulous.’
Their film Easy’s Waltz marks the feature directorial debut for True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto.
The story follows a, ‘down-on-his-luck crooner’ who is given a huge comeback sH๏τ by an ‘old-school Vegas personality.’
Vaughn revealed that Pacino ‘smells like a high end cologne counter in Italy . He has an incredible smell. The whole aroma is unbelievable’
Vaughn said Pacino was ‘тιԍнт lipped’ about what he uses to smell so good. He’d quip: ‘ “I’m trying to leave a legacy.” So he was protecting his smells’
Vaughn was on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon to promote the movie he’s made with Pacino called Easy’s Waltz
Vaughn and Pacino star alongside Cobie Smulders, Sophia Ali, Simon Rex, Shania Twain, Shane Gillis and Fred Melamed.
The film is in post-production at the moment, with Pizzolatto directing from his own script, with Margot Hand, Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros producing.
Pacino will next be seen in The Ritual with Dan Stevens and Ashley Greene, in theaters nationwide June 6.
Vaughn has Nonnas launching in a few weeks and he’s in pre-production on The Bookie & the Bruiser with Adrien Brody.