Drew Barrymore Once Thought She Was Going to Get Murdered on a First Date: 'I Was Really Afraid'

Drew Barrymore wasn't interested in playing out Scream in real life.

On her talk show this week, the actress recalled once going on a date with a man who "was someone I thought I knew" until she got a bad feeling that he was "going to murder" her.

"I knew a lot of people who knew him, so it felt safe, right? That feels safe. And he was really cute, and I was like, 'Okay.' And he's like, 'Come to my apartment,' which, I — again, if I didn't know people who know him, would have never done. Ever," said Barrymore, 49.

Once they arrived at his place, she noticed he was "in the middle of a remodel" on it, which piqued her interest further.

"We both love home design; that's my passion, I find out it's his. And I'm walking through his house and we go down to the basement," Barrymore continued, laughing at the memory.

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"Okay, stop. Why are you going to the basement?!" co-host Ross Mathews asked her, aghast, to which the Wedding Singer star replied, "Because I thought I knew this person!"

"You were in Scream — don't you know how horror movies go?! This is step one! You don't do that!" he scolded her, as the studio audience applauded his reaction.

Continuing the story, Barrymore said, "So we go into the basement, which is the laundry room. And I'm a big fan of laundry, so he was like, 'Oh, you should see the laundry room, look at this!' "

Once they arrived, she recalled seeing "a giant, I can't even explain how large, size roll of clear plastic [wrap]. And I am in this room and I look down and I just went, ' ... I need to go back upstairs.' "

After returning to the safety of the non-basement area of the apartment, Barrymore said she turned to her date and admitted that she'd been terrified.

" 'You know, I know we don't really know each other, but I was really afraid that you were going to murder me,' " she told him.

And contrary to creating any ongoing awkwardness with the man, the experience "totally bonded" them, according to the Never Been Kissed actress.

"We knew each other for a couple years and would see each other here and there and made [better] friends than, like, dating, but we always joked about it. The night I thought he was gonna murder me," Barrymore added.