United Kingdom, June 18 -- Stephen Baldwin has claimed he was fired from a movie for being "funnier" than Jennifer Aniston.

The Usual Suspects actor was due to star in 1998's The Object of My Affection with the former Friends star and on the second day of filming, he was shocked when producers asked him to "numb" himself and tone down his performance.

Speaking on his One Bad Movie podcast, he said:"I was doing a movie with Jenny Aniston back in the day . It was when I was really young, coming up. I had been doing a few things. Before Usual Suspects and all that bulls***. The Object of My Affection.

"I went in and I auditioned to play like the sidekick, kind of almost boyfriend of Jennifer Aniston."

"After like the second day of shooti...