Jane Fonda says her 'knees gave way' when she met 'gorgeous' Tom Brady: 'I had to hold onto something' - Fox News

Jane Fonda gushed implicit gathering NFL fable Tom Brady connected the acceptable of their upcoming movie "80 For Brady."

The 85-year-old actress starred alongside Lily Tomlin, Sally Field and Rita Moreno successful the sports drama which was produced by Brady's 199 Productions and features a cameo quality by the 7-time Super Bowl Champion. 

Fonda described becoming starstruck upon gathering Brady, 45, during the film's premiere screening astatine the Palm Springs International Film Festival connected Friday night. 

"Tom Brady, I deliberation helium went into each of our trailers individually," she recalled during a Q & A, according to Variety. "And erstwhile helium walked into my trailer astatine the end, my knees gave way."

Jane Fonda revealed that she was starstruck erstwhile she met Tom Brady. (Getty)

The "Book Club" prima continued, "I had to clasp onto something. I mean, helium is gorgeous. He is truthful gorgeous."

TOM BRADY SHARES FIRST LOOK AT ‘80 FOR BRADY’ WITH JANE FONDA, SALLY FIELD, LILY TOMLIN AND RITA MORENO

The "Book Club" prima continued, "I had to clasp onto something. I mean, helium is gorgeous. He is truthful gorgeous."

In the movie, Fonda, Moreno, Field and Tomlin play 4 champion friends and Brady superfans who question unneurotic to Houston, Texas to spot the New England Patriots instrumentality connected the Atlanta Falcons successful the 2017 Super Bowl.

Super Bowl LI featured the biggest comeback successful Super Bowl past aft the Patriots overcame a 23-8 shortage to triumph the game. In summation to Brady, different Patriots players appeared successful the movie including erstwhile choky extremity Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski, retired wide receiver Julian Edelman and erstwhile wide receiver Danny Amendola. 

During the screening, Field told the assemblage that she was waiting to conscionable the prima athletes earlier they arrived.

"I was the 1 retired determination welcoming everybody," the 76-year-old histrion remembered.

"There was nary 1 else," Tomlin, 82, quipped, per Variety."No PAs retired there, conscionable Sally." 

Field continued, "I was retired there, ‘Hi, guys! I’m truthful gladsome you’re here!" 

Fonda, Rita Moreno, Lily Tomlin and Sally Field prima successful the upcoming movie "80 For Brady." (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

She added, "I wanted them to consciousness comfortable. I was a instrumentality and I was retired determination welcoming them." 

Fonda went connected to praise Brady for his bully manners, recalling, "Tom was truthful gracious erstwhile helium archetypal came connected the acceptable to bargain lunch."

The two-time Academy Award victor continued, "It was the archetypal clip helium went to each of our trailers, which were our dressing rooms, and helium introduced himself arsenic though we didn’t cognize who helium was."

"But again, a existent gentleman. He was gracious. And I had 1 of those immense shot sweatshirts waiting for him due to the fact that my nephew is an tremendous fan, and helium was truthful gracious. And [Tom] wrote connected it for him, and my nephew present has that connected the partition successful a frame. [Tom] conscionable has precise bully manners similar that." 

Fonda besides raved astir the Tampa Bay Buccaneers backmost on the reddish carpet up of the premiere. ""He was benignant and humble, which is hard to judge considering however superb helium is astatine what helium does, but it’s true. He was besides saccharine and polite," she told the Hollywood Reporter.

The New York autochthonal added, "My knees really got anemic erstwhile helium walked into my trailer. I’m successful awe of that benignant of skill. When idiosyncratic is the champion successful the satellite astatine what they do, you person to grant that and respect it. I was conscionable awestruck."

During her interrogation with THR, Tomlin complimented Brady connected his acting skills. "He’s a bully actor," she told the outlet. "He’s precise personable and unassuming." 

She went connected to picture Brady's show during a agelong country that they stock unneurotic successful the film.

The "Grace & Frankie" alum said, "Just looking astatine his look and his eyes and watching him perceive to maine arsenic an histrion trying to reciprocate successful the aforesaid way. I felt similar I was that [real-life] pistillate from Boston who was successful her 80s. I felt, successful fact, arsenic though helium was my lad erstwhile I had to bash this code with him."

Based connected a existent story, "80 For Brady" follows 4 friends who acceptable their sights connected seeing Brady play successful the Super Bowl against the Atlanta Falcons. (Paramount Pictures Corporation)

"He’s intelligibly a performer," Field told THR. "He knows wherever to enactment immoderate benignant of adrenaline helium mightiness person and knows however to thrust it implicit the top. He’s a jaw-dropping, once-in-a-lifetime jock and that’s truly hard to beryllium around. 

"Just the information that I was there, I mean, I’ve been a instrumentality and watched him play — who hasn’t? He’s truly staggering, not lone for his carnal skills but for his intelligence skills. He’s a chess subordinate retired determination [on the field]."

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Last summer, Brady told THR that helium was precise impressed portion watching the seasoned actresses execute connected set.

"We recovered the astir astonishing actresses," the first-time producer said. "Lily, Jane, Rita and Sally. They brought it each to life. At the extremity of the day, watching them enactment and watching them execute was truthful cool."

Directed by Kyle Marvin, the movie besides starred Billy Porter, Rob Corddry,  Sara Gilbert, Glynn Turman, Bob Balaban, Ron Funches, Jimmy O. Yang Harry Hamlin and Guy Fieri.

"80 For Brady" volition beryllium released successful theaters connected February 3.

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