Drew Barrymore WearsBig LebowskiOutfit to Interview Jeff Bridges: 'This Is How I Dress Every Day of My Life'

Mar. 15, 2025

Jeff Bridges and Drew Barrymore on Sept. 17, 2024.Photo:The Drew Barrymore Show/Ash Bean

The Drew Barrymore Show/Ash Bean

Jeff Bridgesis famously the Dude, but today, so isDrew Barrymore.

The actress, 49, dressed up like Bridges' iconic character from the 1998 movieThe Big Lebowskito welcomeThe Old Manstar, 74, toThe Drew Barrymore Showon Tuesday, Sept. 17.

She wore a long sweater, sunglasses, slippers and sweatpants for Bridges' appearance and said she often dresses like the Dude at home.

“Do you know what inspired me to dress like this? Not only to pay homage to one of your most — one of the many — most iconic characters that you’ve played, but this is how I dress every day of my life when I’m not in professional mode,” she told him.

“This is your mode,” Bridges responded. “I dig your mode.”

“The Dude abides,” Barrymore joked as the pair had drinks that appeared similar to the movie’s famous White Russians for a toast. The appearance also marked a reunion for Barrymore and Bridges after their 1989 movie together,See You in the Morning.

Jeff Bridges in 1998’s The Big Lebowski.TCD/Prod.DB / Alamy

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The movie has grown into a cult classic over the years, and Bridges' character grew famous for his laid-back, slacker lifestyle and phrases like “the Dude abides.”

During the actor’s appearance on Barrymore’s show, the pair touched on his memories filmingThe Big Lebowskiand thein-the-works thirdTronmovieas well as Bridges' two grandchildren, Gracie and Ben, who know their grandfather as the Dude too.

Jeff Bridges and Drew Barrymore on Sept. 17, 2024.The Drew Barrymore Show/Ash Bean

“I wanted them to call me Dude-Pa, butthey shortened it to Dudie,” he told Barrymore. “I’m just hoping it’s Howdie Doodie and not dog doodie,” he joked, after Barrymore said she even preferred the “Dudie” nickname. “But I like it.”

“There are so many great lines in there,” Bridges said of the movie during his appearance, as he and Barrymore reflected onThe Big Lebowski. “It’s such a good movie.”

source: people.com