Matthew Lillard was an actor struggling to make ends meet in the early aughts - until Freddie Prinze Jr. stepped in. "The reality is that [our film] Summer Catch came in a time when we didn't have money, and I had auditioned, and I felt really good about my audition, and I loved it," Lillard, 55, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting his partnership with Exact Sciences' Cologuard test. "And I actually sent the director, Mike Tollin, three telegrams, advocating for myself to play the catcher. The problem was, I'm 6'4. He's like, 'Dude, there are no 6'4 catchers.