Rolling Stone.Sam and Brie first met on the "Kong: Skull Island" set, which was released in 2017."We had done 'Kong' together, which was not the most wonderful experience for either of us. We became great friends during that particular experience because we were having such a hard time," he recalled. Soon after, the frequent costars appeared together in Brie's directorial debut in 2017's "Unicorn Store.""When she was doing 'Unicorn Store' and trying to get a particular actor, I was in the makeup trailer with her and was like, 'Why are you trying to hire this other actor and not trying to get me to do your movie?'" Sam recalled asking.