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"I was like, 'Get out of the way!' I don't want to kill Matthew McConaughey on my first day!"

America Ferrera was terrified she would kill Matthew McConaughey during driving lessons for The Lost Bus

"I was like, 'Get out of the way!' I don't want to kill Matthew McConaughey on my first day!"

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America Ferrera was terrified of potentially killing *The Lost Bus* costar Matthew McConaughey during her first day on the job.

During a recent appearance on *Late Night With Seth Meyers*, Ferrera spoke about the daunting process of taking bus-driving lessons for the film. Directed by Paul Greengrass, the drama is based on the harrowing true story of bus driver Kevin McKay (McConaughey) and school teacher Mary Ludwig (Ferrera), who saved 22 children from the catastrophic 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif.

The actors met for the first time at bus-driving practice, with McConaughey exhibiting too much risky behavior for Ferrera's comfort. "Matthew had a leg up because he, I guess, had driven an Airstream, or RV, for a long time, so he was really good at driving the bus," Ferrera said. "And then it's my turn to get behind a bus, which I've never driven, ever."**

McConaughey then made the "very interesting choice to get out of the bus, stand in front of the bus, and be like, 'This way!'" Ferrera added. "And I was like, 'Get out of the way!' Like, I don't want to kill Matthew McConaughey on my first day! I just met you. He's daring! He takes a lot of risks."

Ferrera recognized that her costar was simply "being generous"; however, "I was like, 'I will kill you.'"**

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The movie, in select theaters Sept. 19 before premiering on Apple TV+ on Oct. 3, also stars Yul Vazquez, Ashlie Atkinson, and McConaughey's son Levi (as, aptly, his onscreen son), and counts Jamie Lee Curtis as a producer. The 2018 Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history: 95 percent of the town burned, and 85 people died.**

Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, and Paul Greengrass.

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Ferrera revealed that the real McKay and Ludwig were fixtures on set, as well as some of the firefighters who battled the blaze in Paradise. "Some of the firefighters who fought the fire in Paradise were on our set fighting the fires on camera in the movie," she told Meyers. "It was really moving and it meant a lot to this community to have their experience and resilience and survival be portrayed."

"I got to know that damn bus real well," McConaughey recently told * *in an exclusive preview of the thriller, revealing that he encountered a few close calls despite all the safety measures put into place. "It was actually scary because flames and dead ends and stuff were popping up all over."

The actor said, "There are these major-sized flames. And did we rehearse it? Yeah. But did it go a little bit different every single time? Did I have a new surprise every time I took one of those paths? Yes." Marveling over Greengrass' vision, he added, "He gives that visceral sense of urgency and that big, epic, cinematic action, yet you have a deeply personal human story. And that's hard to do, that dynamic of being in and personal and out and epic. And I think Paul's one of the best at it."

For more from Ferrera, watch the clip above.**

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