Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Recounts Strangely Sensual First Time Meeting Jennifer Garner

April 22, 2023
| No Comments

If you feel awkward meeting new people, take a deep breath.

On Friday’s episode of “The Tonight Show,” Nikolaj Coster-Waldau told Jimmy Fallon about the first time he met Jennifer Garner, and the experience was a bit more sensual ― or should we say scent-sual ― than either expected.

Coster-Waldau and Garner are costars on the new Apple TV+ mystery series “The Last Thing He Told Me.” Before filming began, he learned the first time he’d meet his TV wife would be with an intimacy coach ― a professional usually hired to assist with coordinating sex scenes. That struck Coster-Waldau as strange because, as far as he knew, there were no sex scenes planned for him.

“I was like, ‘Did they rewrite the script?’” the “Game of Thrones” star told Fallon.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Uq57WkMd7ao?rel=0&enablejsapi=1</div>","type":"video","meta":{"author":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon","author_url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-Th83bH_thdKZDJCrn88g","cache_age":86400,"description":"Nikolaj Coster-Waldau talks about his terrible encounter with mosquitos in Australia, working with Jennifer Garner in The Last Thing He Told Me and meeting her for the first time.nnThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Stream now on Peacock: https://bit.ly/3gZJaNynnSubscribe NOW to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: https://pck.tv/3d7lcDyn nWatch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Weeknights 11:35/10:35cn nGet more The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: https://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-shown nJIMMY FALLON ON SOCIALnFollow Jimmy: http://Twitter.com/JimmyFallonnLike Jimmy: https://Facebook.com/JimmyFallonnFollow Jimmy: https://www.instagram.com/jimmyfallon/n nTHE TONIGHT SHOW ON SOCIALnFollow The Tonight Show: http://Twitter.com/FallonTonightnLike The Tonight Show: https://Facebook.com/FallonTonightnFollow The Tonight Show: https://www.instagram.com/fallontonight/nTonight Show Tumblr: http://fallontonight.tumblr.comn nThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon features hilarious highlights from the show, including comedy sketches, music parodies, celebrity interviews, ridiculous games, and, of course, Jimmy’s Thank You Notes and hashtags! You’ll also find behind the scenes videos and other great web exclusives.n nGET MORE NBCnNBC YouTube: http://bit.ly/1dM1qBHnLike NBC: http://Facebook.com/NBCnFollow NBC: http://Twitter.com/NBCnNBC Instagram: http://instagram.com/nbcnNBC Tumblr: http://nbctv.tumblr.com/n nNikolaj Coster-Waldau on Awkwardly Meeting Jennifer Garner for the First Time | The Tonight Shownhttp://www.youtube.com/fallontonightnn#FallonTonight n#NikolajCosterWaldaun#JimmyFallon","options":{"_cc_load_policy":{"label":"Closed captions","value":false},"_end":{"label":"End on","placeholder":"ex.: 11, 1m10s","value":""},"_start":{"label":"Start from","placeholder":"ex.: 11, 1m10s","value":""},"click_to_play":{"label":"Hold load & play until clicked","value":false}},"provider_name":"YouTube","thumbnail_height":720,"thumbnail_url":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Uq57WkMd7ao/maxresdefault.jpg","thumbnail_width":1280,"title":"Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on Awkwardly Meeting Jennifer Garner for the First Time | The Tonight Show","type":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq57WkMd7ao","version":"1.0"},"flags":[],"enhancements":{},"fullBleed":false,"options":{"theme":"news","device":"desktop","editionInfo":{"id":"us","name":"U.S.","link":"https://www.huffpost.com","locale":"en_US"},"slideshowAd":{"scriptTags":[],"otherHtml":""},"slideshowEndCard":{"scriptTags":[],"otherHtml":""},"isMapi":false,"isAmp":false,"isVideoEntry":false,"isMt":false,"entryId":"64396eb6e4b0a7592625ec87","entryPermalink":"https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nikolaj-coster-waldau-jennifer-garner-meeting_n_64396eb6e4b0a7592625ec87","entryTagsList":"jimmy-fallon,jennifer-garner,nikolaj-coster-waldau","sectionSlug":"entertainment","deptSlug":"entertainment","sectionRedirectUrl":"https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment","subcategories":"","isWide":false,"headerOverride":null,"noVideoAds":false,"disableFloat":false,"isNative":false,"commercialVideo":{"provider":"custom","site_and_category":"us.entertainment","package":null},"isHighline":false,"vidibleConfigValues":{"cid":"60afc111dcf87c2cd2f5d8bf","overrides":{"front_page_top_videos":{"desktop":"60b64354b171b7444beaff4d","mobileweb":"60b64354b171b7444beaff4d"},"top_media":{"desktop":"60b8e6bdc5449357a7ada147","mobile":"60b8e701c5449357a7ada2ee","iphone":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","ipad":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","androidphone":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","androidtablet":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c"},"anthology":{"desktop":"60b8e616cdd90620331bb0ba","mobile":"60b8e671c5449357a7ad9f66","iphone":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","ipad":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","androidphone":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","androidtablet":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c"},"content":{"desktop":"60b8e616cdd90620331bb0ba","mobile":"60b8e671c5449357a7ad9f66","iphone":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","ipad":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","androidphone":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","androidtablet":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c"}},"playerUpdates":{"5668ae6ee4b0b5e26955d6a6":"60d2472d9340d7032ad7e443","56aa41bae4b091744c0440d8":"60e869dc7c5f3b17b6741b81","5841b2b5cc52c716ec6e5a7f":"60b8e355cdd90620331ba185","58b5e2b8d85a10302feee895":"60b64316b171b7444beafdb2","58b74698f78ced31417819ae":"60b8e5bec5449357a7ad9b52","58b74ccecebcea57e2c3a3d1":"60b8e5eac5449357a7ad9ca5","58cff690d85a100b9992bc39":"60b8e616cdd90620331bb0ba","58cffb3fb6d9b972a49a3c9d":"60b8e643cdd90620331bb1f6","58cffdd74d96935d7d6ec180":"60b8e671c5449357a7ad9f66","58d03a84f78ced6518eb2fa7":"60b643c82e76be41f112735c","592edf20e0fa177b0c26f7fd":"60b8e699c5449357a7ada04c","5b35266b158f855373e28256":"60b64354b171b7444beaff4d","5c116f29f79c4171d82b7c2a":"60b64440b171b7444beb040b","5c1170fc600c9a697bf0c6b9":"60b646102e76be41f1127ffc","5c47791afa1b317df8ae0c4f":"60b8e6bdc5449357a7ada147","5c477987a6b48b35f164773d":"60b8e701c5449357a7ada2ee","5c4779ee943c3c2a64f28371":"60b8e747cdd90620331bb861","5c477a26fcd67b26879bc7c2":"60b8e788c5449357a7ada67b","5d8921a78c3ae845f366c9b6":"60ae7be5f3a7c13a30417ff9","58b98b00ba82aa39a6534321":"60d0de7c9340d7032ad1146c","58b9d14cb6d9b96c9ec32af3":"60d0dec19340d7032ad115a0","58cff8eccebcea42931e0436":"60d0e005b627221e9d819d44","592edf5de0fa177b0c26f95b":"60d0e38fb627221e9d81adcf","58cff72fd85a100b9992c112":"60d0e447b627221e9d81b0da","56b4d34fe4b022697697c400":"60d2472d9340d7032ad7e443","60b8e4c0c5449357a7ad957d":"60e869dc7c5f3b17b6741b81"}},"connatixConfigValues":{"defaultPlayer":"ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b","clickToPlayPlayer":"d014396e-b366-4c17-aeac-3ce906fa3fd0","videoPagePlayer":"f010447b-d244-4111-a314-7b4542ae4145","verticalPlayer":"e58cb05a-0bc8-4210-9108-fea82726c065"},"customAmpComponents":[],"ampAssetsUrl":"https://amp.assets.huffpost.com","videoTraits":null,"positionInUnitCounts":{"buzz_head":{"count":0},"buzz_body":{"count":0},"buzz_bottom":{"count":0}},"positionInSubUnitCounts":{"article_body":{"count":1},"blog_summary":{"count":0},"before_you_go_slideshow":{"count":0}},"connatixCountsHelper":{"count":1},"buzzfeedTracking":{"context_page_id":"64396eb6e4b0a7592625ec87","context_page_type":"buzz","destination":"huffpost","mode":"desktop","page_edition":"en-us"},"tags":[{"name":"Jimmy Fallon","slug":"jimmy-fallon","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/jimmy-fallon","permalink":"https://www.huffpost.com/topic/jimmy-fallon","mobileWebLink":"https://www.huffpost.com/topic/jimmy-fallon"},"department":{"name":"Entertainment","slug":"entertainment"},"section":{"title":"Comedy","slug":"comedy"},"topic":{"title":"Late Night Shows","slug":"late-night-shows","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment/topic/late-night-shows"},{"name":"jennifer garner","slug":"jennifer-garner","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/jennifer-garner","permalink":"https://www.huffpost.com/topic/jennifer-garner","mobileWebLink":"https://www.huffpost.com/topic/jennifer-garner"},"department":{"name":"Entertainment","slug":"entertainment"},"section":{"title":"Entertainment","slug":"entertainment"},"topic":{"title":"Jennifer Garner","slug":"jennifer-garner","overridesSectionLabel":false},"url":"https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment/topic/jennifer-garner"},{"name":"Nikolaj Coster-Waldau","slug":"nikolaj-coster-waldau","links":{"relativeLink":"topic/nikolaj-coster-waldau","permalink":"https://www.huffpost.com/topic/nikolaj-coster-waldau","mobileWebLink":"https://www.huffpost.com/topic/nikolaj-coster-waldau"},"url":"https://www.huffpost.com/topic/nikolaj-coster-waldau"}],"isLiveblogLive":null,"cetUnit":"buzz_body","bodyAds":["<div id="ad-inline-1" class="ad-entry_paragraph_1 ad-spot–gam ad-spot–gam-inline-1"></div>rn<script type="text/javascript">rn HPGam.cmd.push(function(){rnttreturn HPGam.render("inline-1", "entry_paragraph_1", false);rn });rn</script>rn","<div id="ad-inline-2" class="ad-entry_paragraph_3 ad-spot–gam ad-spot–gam-inline-2"></div>rn<script type="text/javascript">rn HPGam.cmd.push(function(){rnttreturn HPGam.render("inline-2", "entry_paragraph_3", false);rn });rn</script>rn","<div id="ad-inline-infinite" class="ad-repeating_dynamic_display ad-spot–gam ad-spot–gam-inline-infinite"></div>rn<script type="text/javascript">rn HPGam.cmd.push(function(){rnttreturn HPGam.render("inline-infinite", "repeating_dynamic_display", false);rn });rn</script>rn"],"adCount":0},"isCollectionEmbed":false,"isLiveblogEmbed":false}”>

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq57WkMd7ao?rel=0&enablejsapi=1]

But the session with the intimacy coach was less sexy and more strangely intimate than he expected.

“So the first time we really meet … [the intimacy coach] tells us, ‘Now you stand up, get really close,’” Coster-Waldau recalled, speaking in a soothing voice to imitate the coach. “And then you have to get really really close with a person you don’t know, and then close your eyes.”

Slipping back into his impression of the coach, he continued, “‘And now smell each other.’”

The Danish actor comically pantomimed the mutual sniff fest before admitting that “it was actually the perfect way to start.”

He explained, “In that moment, we realized we had the same sense of humor because we both started laughing.”

Jennifer Garner and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau laugh together during a screening of "The Last Thing He Told Me."
Jennifer Garner and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau laugh together during a screening of “The Last Thing He Told Me.”

Andrew Toth/Deadline via Getty Images

The pair also recounted their aromatic first acquaintance in an Interview Magazine piece published on Wednesday.

“I was so dreading this whole thing and so nervous to meet you this way,” Garner told her costar. “And there we were, and she had us stand right up against each other, kind of facing each other, close our eyes and sniff, right? And the moment we sniffed, I knew we were OK because we had the same sense of humor. And we both just said, ‘All right, we are doing it.’”

Uncategorized