


Judgment day arrived a bit ahead of schedule for Matthew Lawrence, courtesy of his failure to meet one actor’s work standards.
During a candid moment on Monday’s episode of the podcast “Magical Rewind,” hosted by his “Boy Meets World” castmate Will Friedle and actor Sabrina Bryan, the trio dived into behind-the-scenes of the ’90s TV Movie “H-E Double Hockey Sticks.”
The film, which centered Friedle’s devilish character who was sent to Earth to capture the soul of a young hockey player (Lawrence), also starred a young Gabrielle Union. During the filming process, Union allegedly wanted to rehearse lines with Lawrence, but the actor declined her offer.
“There was this one moment where — and, again, I’m oblivious, I had no idea — she wanted to rehearse,” Lawrence recalled. “And I was like, ‘No, I’m good.’”

His rationale? “Running lines” took “all the freshness” out of the performance.
Union allegedly wasn’t thrilled with his decision and took her grievances to a higher power.
“And she got angry and went and reported me to the director and the studio,” Lawrence said. “The only time in my entire career, because usually I’m, like, the advocate, and I’m fighting for kids and, like, you know, women’s rights. This is the only time in my life when I was called into the office for something I did on set. And I had no clue.”
Lawrence confessed that this was his only “run-in” with another actor — a moment that he said left him “embarrassed.”
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At the time, Lawrence said he wasn’t familiar with Union, but recounted that people on set knew that she was going to blow up and become a big star. The same year as the film’s debut, she went on to star in “10 Things I Hate About You,” and “She’s All That,” and the following year had appeared in the cult classic “Bring It On” as well as “Love & Basketball.”