Matthew Modine has been a stalwart of showbiz for over three decades, amassing a cinematic resume that is the stuff of which Hollywood dreams are made. However, his tenure in the spotlight has yielded more than a treasure trove of iconic roles—it has schooled him in the art of Tinseltown survival, introduced him to friends for life, and generated enough memories that continue to tantalize the tabloids. During a recent trip down memory lane, Modine dug into the archives and unearthed a vintage interview with Conan O’Brien where they engaged in an informally hilarious discussion about the legendary Oliver Reed.

With Reed’s infamous tattoo taking center stage, Modine may have again uplifted a veil most fans would have preferred hidden.

Matthew Modine did a strange thing and recently turned back time on X with a rib-tickling revisit to his 1998 appearance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. The Stranger Things actor shared a three-and-a-half-minute-long snippet from the unforgettable interview to shine the spotlight on the most comedic segment of the slot. “The time I told @ConanOBrien about Oliver Reed’s special tattoo,” he captioned the video. 

In the clip, Modine lets O’Brien in on the details of an altercation between the former and Reed on Cutthroat Island’s set. Later, during a conversation in an Italian restaurant in Malta, the actor, a victim of curiosity, approached Reed to find out the truth behind his “special tattoo,” something the people on the set divulged him to. Though Reed went ahead to flex the “anchor” ink on his arms, Modine said that was not it. Reed took the cue, reportedly “reached out to his pants and pulled out his uh…” that had eagle talons tattooed. 

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It all happened between the restaurant and Matthew Modine even ran out of vocabulary to find the right word as Conan O’Brien struggled to catch a breath.

During his conversation decades ago on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Matthew Modine took a sly swipe at this year’s Oscar host, turning the tables on the wrong choice of words by asking for a fill-in-the-blanks too funny. As they went back and forth, deciding their stance on “little Oliver and big Oliver” during the Oliver Reeds revelation, Modine went a bit too graphical with his description before arriving at the point of the tattoo specifics. 

O’Brien struggled with disbelief as Modine revealed Reeds “had eagle talons to the head of his little Oliver.” Of course, then followed a barrage of X-rated culinary jokes until the Vision Quest star left the host in a chokehold, joking the staff even told him Reeds “put it around people’s drinks” right when O’Brien sipped into his cup of coffee. While the unveiling already had quite a few raised eyebrows, Modine brought a caffeine high so good, his revisit could still give O’Brien a week-long eyeopener.

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