Anne Hathaway did not let Dakota Johnson’s skepticism about OG Anunoby slide for even a second.
During a joint appearance on “First We Feast” with their “Verity” co-star Josh Hartnett, the three actors played “Wildcard,” the guessing game where each person wears a card on their forehead and tries to figure out the name using clues from the others. Hathaway drew New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby, and Johnson immediately reacted like she had been handed a fake name.
Hartnett seemed just as thrown off, and the two of them briefly treated the card like a prank from the producers. But once Hartnett gave a clue and Hathaway locked in the correct answer, the Knicks fan in her took over.
"That's a real person?" she asked the crew off-camera.
From there, Hathaway went into full explainer mode. She didn’t just identify Anunoby - she made the case for why he matters to her team, tying him to New York’s 2026 NBA championship run. As she put it: "Game 4 of the NBA championship, one of the greatest baskets ever scored by a player is OG Anunoby, and you just have to watch it," Hathaway said.
She was talking about Anunoby’s game-winning tip-in against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, the kind of moment a devoted fan never forgets.
The whole exchange landed because the two actresses were coming at the name from completely different worlds. Johnson was still stuck on whether OG Anunoby sounded like a real human being. Hathaway was basically delivering a love letter to one of the biggest moments in her team’s title run.
That reaction fits Hathaway’s long-running Knicks obsession. The New York native has been following the team since she was a kid, back when courtside seats were just something she imagined from the upper levels. On the same appearance, she said courtside tickets have become one of her favorite birthday requests.
"It's like one of those things where when I was a kid, I would go to games, I would be in the nosebleeds, and I would always wonder who was lucky enough to sit courtside," she recalled.
And her connection to Anunoby goes beyond one viral game show moment. In November 2024, Hathaway was courtside with one of her sons when Anunoby chased a loose ball toward the sideline. He avoided colliding with them, but the scramble still sent her son’s popcorn flying.
Hathaway laughed about that family brush with the Knicks forward at the time, and the moment made the rounds on social media.
She has also made no secret of how much another Knicks championship would mean to her. On “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” she joked that she’d rather see New York win again than collect another Oscar.
So when Johnson wondered whether OG Anunoby was even real, Hathaway had plenty of reason to push back. To her, he’s not just a player with a memorable name. He’s a Knicks champion, the scorer of one of her favorite baskets, and the man who once turned her son’s popcorn into arena confetti.
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