Paul Rudd admits he ‘lived in fear’ of fellow star exposing major lie about his career

Paul Rudd has come clean about the crazy thing his manager used to do to make his CV stand out earlier on in his career.

The Ant-Man star - who hasn't aged a day in his life - shared the secret during a recent appearance on The Graham Norton Show.

He was sitting on the couch alongside Jack Black, his co-star in horror meta-reboot Anaconda, actor Jessie Buckley, and comedian Michelle de Swarte.

Anaconda sees Rudd play background actor Griff, while Black is a wedding videographer named Doug. The two friends attempt to reclaim their youth by travelling to the Amazon to film an amateur remake of the 1997 movie.

With critics calling it 'one of the funniest movies of the year', it seems Rudd's career may have had a different path if he hadn't fibbed on his CV.

Paul Rudd appeared on Graham Norton alongside his Anaconda co-star, Jack Black (BBC)

The This Is 40 actor explained to Norton and the guests that his manager turned his brief 'afternoon masterclass' with Oscar-winner and fellow Marvel actor Sir Ben Kingsley into an actual credit in his CV.

"When I first got a manager, I had no credits to put on my CV, but I’d once done an afternoon masterclass with Sir Ben Kingsley when I was in school," Rudd explained.

"My manager put this down as, 'Paul played Hamlet in a production directed by Sir Ben Kingsley'.

"I lived in fear that he would one day see my CV."

While it's generally accepted to lie a little on your CV, Rudd got his Hollywood break way back in 1995 with films like Clueless and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.

For his latest project, Anaconda, he joined forces with the School of Rock star to spin a classic comedy horror, which originally came out in 1997 and starred Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Owen Wilson, and Jon Voight.

"Jack and I are both huge fans of Tom Gormican’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and when this script showed up it seemed to have similar DNA in that it was a clever meta comedy take on a reboot," Rudd said.

Paul Rudd pretended he worked under fellow Marvel star Sir Ben Kingsley (Marvel/Disney)

"I was very excited to work on it particularly when I found out Jack was involved."

On what got him interested, Jack added: "It is really very funny and crazy. I had never read anything like it. I was mainly excited to work with Paul because he makes me laugh so much.

"I made sure he was definitely attached to the film before I signed anything.

"When I read a script, I need at least three ‘worth the price of admission’ moments and this definitely has some powerful scenes."