In a recent Elle video, actor James Marsden had the giddy challenge of prank calling his celebrity besties. He brought his big heart and contagious laugh to each call! The most unknowingly tortured participant may have been his “Ash” co-star, Eiza Gonzalez. Deeply ashamed and scared, Gonzalez admitted to Marsden that she had just crashed into a friend’s parked car and left the scene. This prank was the ultimate destruction of their friendship!
Marsden, taken by surprise, first floundered in answering Gonzalez’s trumped up scenario. Gonzalez put her hand over her heart and challenged them to admit the fabricated event to her friend. Marsden balked, but couldn’t pull the trigger.
“Oh, well. I think… Uh, here’s what I think. I think you just… We call him and say, ‘Hey, I did this and totally blacked out and panicked and I’m so sorry,’” Marsden advised.
Gonzalez continued the prankster act. In the Commission’s case, she challenged Marsden to say that she could ever not disclose her participation to her friend. She then escalated the situation by adding, "James, James, it was so bad. Like I totaled the car."
When Gonzalez asked if he would help pay for half of the damages, Marsden hesitantly responded, "Um… I think you’re just gonna have to… I mean, one of your insurance companies will figure it out." This caused Gonzalez to start laughing uncontrollably, which sent Gonzalez into an even worse downward spiral of befuddlement.
While we were making the prank call, Gonzalez had to stifle the laughter. She muted herself so she could laugh at the ludicrous request she’d just made to Marsden. Marsden was now in a slightly comical bind, but Gonzalez was equally fast to set him at ease. As repayment for the prankish trial, she vowed that he would receive his “payback” from her in the future.
In addition to the Elle video series, Gonzalez prank-called her other “Ash” co-star Aaron Paul. These innocent goofs were a testament to her playful spirit and the bond that she shared with her castmates.
Gonzalez is no stranger to the world of entertainment news. She started as EW’s news writer in August 2022 and has more than five years of entertainment reporting experience under her belt.
