Hollywood and the sports industry usually only mix when celebrities from the former attend games of their favorite franchise. However, Kobe Bryant made sure he went beyond such demarcations and left his mark on everyone as a person, not just an athlete. The Notebook star Rachel McAdams recently discussed her thoughts from the time she met Kobe.

What Rachel McAdams felt when she met Kobe Bryant

Meeting Kobe Bryant is a dream come true for many in the NBA community. However, it goes far into other fields too.

The NBA community remembers the late league legend as someone who kept to himself and focused on the competition. However, we are very well aware of the person who brought out his softer side: his wife, Vanessa Bryant.

In an interview with Access Hollywood, The Notebook actress Rachel McAdams revealed that she got to know this side of the Los Angeles Lakers star when she met him. Talking about that moment, McAdams recalled that they met. McAdams said they met at a premiere screening of the movie ‘Sherlock Holmes’. Kobe simply told her he had bought her dress.

Kobe then explained to a rather confused Rachel, that he had bought her famous blue dress from the movie ‘The Notebook’ as a gift for his wife. The set comprised of the matching shoes and the actual ‘Notebook’. Talking about that moment, she revealed,

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“I was like, blown away.

“I didn’t realize he was such a movie fan and such a romantic,  I was very touched by that at the time”

Kobe bought this set of dress-shoes-notebook for Vanessa Bryant, when they came back together after splitting up for more than a year.

This gift has more value for Vanessa, especially now that Kobe is no longer with us. In her eulogy during her husband’s memorial service, she said,

“He gifted me the actual notebook and the blue dress Rachel McAdams wore in ‘The Notebook’ movie. When I asked him why he chose the blue dress, he said it was because it’s a scene when Ally comes back to Noah.”

When the creator of that costume, Karyn Wagner, watched Vanessa say these words, she became emotional. In another interview, she talked about her feelings regarding the same.

Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter accident on January 26, 2020. The league and the world lost a star athlete. We hope the Bryant family can find peace soon.