Touchtone PicturesDespite Romy and Michele's High School Reunion coming out 18 years ago and counting, Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow will always be remembered as the girls who lied about inventing Post-Its.
In fact, Sorvino sat down with The Huffington Post Wednesday and was forced into giving credit where credit is due when she was surprised mid-interview by a video call from the actual inventor of the Post-It himself, Art Fry.
"Oh my goodness!" the actress exclaims. "Hi, Art! Sorry for stealing your thunder!"
He was more than excited to talk to her, revealing, "I tell ya! When I go to my class reunions they all ask about you guys! So it's certainly nice to meet you."
The host couldn't help but ask if Sorvino would be willing to get back into the character of Romy in order to really apologize to Art.
Sorvino laughed, "I based the voice of Romy on my sister, and it's been a while since I've done it!"
Still, she went through with it, delivering the apology flawlessly (of course). "Okay, Art, sorry I stole your idea, okay? Alright," she said, busting into a fit of laughter quickly after. "It's been a long time!"
However, the apology was probably unnecessary, considering Art was more focused on Sorvino's beauty than anything else.
"See, your name is Mira, and it means ‘look' in Spanish, and you're very nice to look at," he said, adorably ignoring her apology. "But I really appreciate your mind and your passions! We all would like to be able to have our effect on the world. Post-It notes have affected the world but you're affecting the world in a good way, too, and I want to thank you for that!
So sweet! And speaking of her influence, she said the character of Romy was more than just a comical role for her.
"I was a nerd in high school! That's why I did this movie, I was such a geek… The only boys that liked me were the Dungeons and Dragons guys," she recalls. "I was miserable!"
She adds, "That's why I did Romy and Michele because I wanted to show people who are suffering through that horrible moment of high school of unpopularity and geekdom that it's going to get better and that you have the strength within you to not give a crap about what anyone else thinks."
And that's why we love her!