--- title: Fan Took Matthew Broderick Photo and Ignored a Famous Friend description: When one Matthew Broderick fan spotted the actor at a convenience store, he couldn't help but ask him to take a picture with his kid. canonical: https://time.com/5124931/matthew-broderick-jerry-seinfeld-fan-photo/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-30T17:05:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:12.912Z og:title: Viral Matthew Broderick Photo Has the Funniest Backstory og:description: Turns out a very big star was present but the fan ignored him og:url: https://time.com/5124931/matthew-broderick-jerry-seinfeld-fan-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt791b4a0a3e771a93/6988fa00db298787e225e932/matthew-broderick-fan-photo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Matthew-Broderick-Fan-Photo og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Viral Matthew Broderick Photo Has the Funniest Backstory twitter:description: Turns out a very big star was present but the fan ignored him twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt791b4a0a3e771a93/6988fa00db298787e225e932/matthew-broderick-fan-photo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Viral Photo of Matthew Broderick With a Fan Has the Absolute Funniest Backstory  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 30, 2018 5:05 PM UTC  Matthew Broderick attends the premiere of 'Manchester by the Sea' at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on November 14, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. Matthew Broderick attends the premiere of 'Manchester by the Sea' at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on November 14, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 30, 2018 5:05 PM UTC Snagging a photo with one of your favorite [celebrities](http://time.com/5122999/grammys-2018-consolation-puppies/) can be a delicate maneuver. But when one [Matthew Broderick](http://time.com/4241275/matthew-broderick-nathan-lane-donald-trump-musical/) fan spotted [Ferris Bueller](http://time.com/4357356/ferris-bueller-then-now/) himself at a convenience store, he couldn’t help but ask the actor to take a picture with his kid. Unfortunately, he hilariously failed to note that another star was present. According to a story recounted by Twitter user [@HonoredSpirit](https://twitter.com/HonoredSpirit/status/957998394605293569) on Monday, the aforementioned fan managed to snap a pic of Broderick posing with his daughter only to later realize he had passed up a photo op with Jerry Seinfeld. “A few years ago a friend of mine took his family out to Montauk on vacation and had stopped at a little store to get snacks, etc, and who do they see but that Star of Stage and Screen, Matthew Broderick also in the store with a friend,” he wrote. “So my friend politely asks Broderick if he will take a photo with his daughter. Broderick gallantly obliges, but this is a once in a lifetime photo and he wants it to be just right so he asks Broderick’s friend to kind of move to the side a bit out of frame…and they take the picture and go back to the car all big grins to the rest of the family, who all shout in unison WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU??” Sounds like some perfect comedic fodder for Jerry to work into a bit. See the full story and photo below. > [](https://twitter.com/HonoredSpirit/status/957998480705941504) > [](https://twitter.com/HonoredSpirit/status/957998926799437824) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5124931/matthew-broderick-jerry-seinfeld-fan-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5124931/matthew-broderick-jerry-seinfeld-fan-photo/"},"headline":"Viral Photo of Matthew Broderick With a Fan Has the Absolute Funniest Backstory","datePublished":"2018-01-30T17:05:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:12.912Z","description":"Turns out another star was present","url":"https://time.com/5124931/matthew-broderick-jerry-seinfeld-fan-photo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt791b4a0a3e771a93/6988fa00db298787e225e932/matthew-broderick-fan-photo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt791b4a0a3e771a93/6988fa00db298787e225e932/matthew-broderick-fan-photo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Matthew-Broderick-Fan-Photo","caption":"Matthew Broderick attends the premiere of 'Manchester by the Sea' at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on November 14, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.","creditText":"Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5124931/matthew-broderick-jerry-seinfeld-fan-photo/","name":"Viral Photo of Matthew Broderick With a Fan Has the Absolute Funniest Backstory"}}]}] ```