Luke Wilson ended up in a brief emergency situation earlier this week, alongside his friend and frequent collaborator Wes Anderson.
The actor, 54, attended a 30th anniversary celebration of his 1996 movie Bottle Rocket with the Academy Award-winning director, 57, with the two delivering a talk on the film at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, joined by producer James L. Brooks, moderated by Jenny He.
© Getty ImagesAfter the event, which took place on July 6, the group boarded an elevator to take them privately out of the venue, one that allows celebrities to discreetly enter and exit the venue without being spotted by the public, per People.
However, their elevator ended up getting stuck for nearly 30 minutes, requiring emergency intervention by the Los Angeles Fire Department, who were able to get everyone trapped out safe and sound.
© Getty ImagesA video shared by a 20th Century Fox production specialist on social media captured the scene of Wes, Luke, James and others exiting the elevator. Comments on the clip on social media poked fun at the situation potentially inspiring another quirky production from the Moonrise Kingdom filmmaker.
One quipped: "Guarantee you this gave Wes an idea for his next project," with another adding: "No doubt the character asking if they know what was wrong with it would be played by Owen Wilson," with a third saying: "That handsome fireman just got discovered by top industry powerhouses. Bet we'll be seeing him in the movies soon."
The incident happened just shortly after Luke welcomed his first child with longtime girlfriend Kendall Yates, 24. The couple's arrival was reported on July 8 when they attended a reception for his new Netflix series The Hawk together, bringing their newborn along as well.
© Getty ImagesLuke and Wes have been collaborators since the very beginning, the pair working together on the 1994 short film Bottle Rocket with Luke's older brother Owen, which was then made into the 1996 feature of the same name, marking the screen debut for Luke and Wes' feature film directorial debut.
"We always really loved movies," the new dad-of-one told Business Insider of his ambitions at the time. "For me, Owen, and our brother Andrew that was our focus."
© Getty Images"Me with my friends, it was talking about what movies are coming out this weekend, if they are rated R, how are we going to get into them? What theater are they at? Do we wait for a cool-looking guy in line to buy us tickets, or does one of us go to a G movie and then open the back door?"
He continued: "When I think back on it, that was what hooked me. I would study TV Guide to see what year a movie came out, who was in it, just like how people study box scores." Despite both brothers starting out in Hollywood at the same time, things never got competitive between them.
© Getty Images"People always ask if we were competitive, and we never were," Luke explained. "I always looked at it as we're from the same company, we're from the same family, and we love each other. We're not trying to hijack each other."
