“I remember seeing Johnny and going, ‘Oh, wow.

He’s really intense.’

He’s got the eyes, and he’s playing the piano,” Cox recalled.

Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid posing

“I thought, ‘Oh, he’s really, really handsome.'”

“He says, ‘Hey!

Courteney wants to f*** one of you from Snow Patrol.

Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid

And it’s not you, Gary,'” Cox recalled with a laugh.

Apparently, this snagged the attention of Harry Styles, who joined in on pushing the two together.

I don’t remember, but it was pretty bad," Cox explained.

Apparently, the cajoling and playful threats did the trick.

McDaid called Cox up the next day and set up a date.