Kurt Russell unveils 'really right' feelings for 'The Madison' costar Michelle Pfeiffer

Kurt Russell recently opened up about the core reason that helped him build a strong relationship with Michelle Pfeiffer.

The 75-year-old American actor attended an FYC event for The Madison, where he reminisced about his time with Pfeiffer on the set of Tequila Sunrise.

Chatting with PEOPLE magazine, Russell stated that his strong bond with his co-star in the 1988 crime drama film ultimately led to their long-awaited on-screen reunion.

He said, “We had a great time working together” on Tequila Sunrise, a film he landed thanks to the late writer-director Robert Towne, who was famous for his classic films such as Ask the Dust, Chinatown, Without Limits, The Two Jokes, and others.

The Escape from New York star went on to unveil that he had collaborated with Towne on rewrites for Swing Shift, a 1984 movie that cast Goldie Hawn.

“When [Towne] was doing Tequila Sunrise, he read it to me. And then we started talking about the character of Nick Frescia, the cop, as it pertained to the whole screenplay. And then we started working together,” Russell shared.

He found that Pfeiffer's character, Jo Ann Vallenari, in Tequila Sunrise was “the glue of everything” because she was “becoming a major player, and she was a rising star and all of that. But she was, I felt, really, really right for [the role].”

Also, “There were difficulties between Michelle and [Towne], in all honesty,” and most of the time, The Christmas Chronicles actor used to help them settle things between them during filming.

It is pertinent to mention that Kurt Russell “was a bit of a go-between as it were,” and “because of that,” he and Michelle Pfeiffer became able to build a “strong relationship.”