SUBIC, Philippines — Friendships come in different forms across time, share "Matchbox: The Movie" stars John Cena and Jessica Biel, and all of them matter to some degree.
The film sees a group of friends that bonded over the titular toy cars reuniting years later as adults but get caught up in an espionage dispute that threatens everyone's safety.
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Matchbox cars are the movie's stepping stones as the project circles around the friendships of five individuals meeting again after three decades.
John and Jessica were asked during an intimate discussion with global media, including Philstar.com, for what they think happens to friendships when people grow up and become different versions of themselves.
"Gosh, we have so many chapters in our life, if we're lucky enough to have a full book, and I think those chapters are okay," John began.
The former wrestler recounted what co-star Sam Richardson had mentioned about "friends of certain magnitudes," where there are people one loves that extends by branches.
John shared having a text chain of friends where they only talk about sports, and then best friends from grade school whom he does not keep in touch anymore but still wishes them the best.
"I hope their life is filled with joy, mine is, and [there are] people I have in my life now [that] I'm not longing to reconnect with those folks," he continued. "Our relationship was beneficial, fantastic, and wonderful while it happened and then the chapter closes, and you move on."
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The actor also referenced "friendships that stand the test of time," noting how he turns 50 years old next year and still has a couple of friends whom he has stayed friends with since he was just five years old.
These friendships are not locked in elementary school, John noted. This kind of special relationship that stood the test of time are more important now and down the many years ahead for him and his friends.
"I think those friendships that last a long time have to grow with you as a human being and if they don't grow, that's when the chapter closes, and you move on with it," John ended.
Jessica echoed similar situations of friends she does not stay in contact with anymore, as well as friends from middle school who are dear to her heart, having watched each other grow up.
She recalled one friend also named Jessie that she always sat on the swing with at the playground and would cry to her out of fear of aging.
"It just seemed overwhelming. Now we're both moms with two boys, careers, and big lives; she lives in Tennessee and I live all over the place," Jessica continued. "Knowing her back then and seeing her now, I'm feeling the evolution of that kind of friendship is just so much pride like, 'Wow, look at you.'"
Friends reflecting on the lives that have been built, some not perfect, are always gratifying because of how each witness their individual experiences.
"It just feels really amazing, I feel a little teary about it," said Jessica, to which John added to end, "A long lasting friendship is a beautiful thing. It's pretty cool, it stands the test of time, and it is very rare."
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