Tonight was the London premier of Hancock - and we got to go!! I didn't really think much of it, I figured we'd get to see the red carpet, and the movie. Instead we got to WALK DOWN THE RED CARPET!!! I was literally feet away from Charlize Theron - we shared a red carpet with her! and Will Smith, Peter Berg, and Jason Bateman were feet away from us in the theatre...
Here's the play by play:
We get to the reception, help out with the Bauer Winners that won tickets to the premier - had a glass of champagne, took some pictures, walked to the red carpet, hid our cameras and phones in our purses so they wouldn't get confescated, and then walked in!
When we walked in we immediately got to the red carpet - it was so great. I walked right past Charlize, but didn't see Will until later. He showed up about half way through the Bauer reception though - maybe around 5:45-6. He literally took 2 hours to walk down the red carpet. He shook so many hands, took so many pictures with people, he even pulled a little boy out of the crowd over the barracades and took professional pictures with him. We couldn't tell why but the little boy had a picture he had painted and I guess Will liked it! Will Smith is SO personable. He loves crowds and tried to seriously interact with most people he saw. We walked down the stairs leading to the longest part of the red carpet and our roommates were there! (by the way, "we" means me and Morgan) They took pictures of the two of us, and then with Glen - one of Denise's friends (Denise is our boss) and the VP of Warner Brothers - which was cool! I really wanted to discuss tv, specifically One Tree Hill, but she was too busy being important. Oh well.
We eventually got into our theatre and waited there for maybe 25 minutes. Then.......... the ENTIRE cast came in!!! And, being interns, we got the terrible front row seats in the theatre - but that was just fine with me because all of the stars stood right in front of us! Kate (another intern) snuck her camera in and was trying to take pictures from under her skirt, but I'm pretty sure Peter Berg saw her.. haha whoops! There were insane body guards everywhere, but surprisingly security didn't seem that tight. When I was supposed to get my purse checked for cameras and phones the guy just asked me if I had any, I said, "no, I assumed I couldn't take them in so I left them with my friends." and he goes, okay go ahead! and didn't even look in my purse.. I guess they're trusting at these events, I mean they are just movie stars, not like the president or something.
Then we watched the movie, with free popcorn =)
The movie was great! There was a HUGE HUGE HUGE twist I was totally not prepared for, and it completely
changed the tone and theme of the movie - the previews definitely don't give it away, which was great. Kate and I looked at each other and go uhhhh WHAT?! I liked it. It was also a lot funnier than I thought it would be too, which was nice. It was a great combo of action, funny, sad, happy.. I really liked it. But then again, Will Smith makes pretty good movies, so I didn't expect to be let down.
Yesterday and today I worked on an entry for a huge award in the ad industry. We finally submitted it this morning - I hope we win!! But some aren't as optimistic as I am, they think we don't have a chance, but I thought it was a good campaign. Although, I've never seen the competition, so I could be very wrong.
So yes, the highlight of my week was walking down the red carpet and being practically next to Will, Charlize, Jason and Peter - they're on first name status now, I feel like we're almost friends. =)
Max has the brilliant idea of walking up to celebs out in public, just doing every day stuff, and acting like you know them. He went up to Cortney Cox once, who lives down the street from his grandpa in Florida and said, "Hi! oh my god how are you? It's been FOREVER! We should catch up, you look great!" and she had no idea who he was, but acted like she did! Celebs can't remember all of the people they meet, I think his idea is a great way of chatting with a celeb.. if you can control yourself enough to pull that off.
Tonight is the Chronicles of Narnia premier, I'm assuming another red carpet event, so I curled my hair again this morning and I have a cute dress on ... must look good for the stars! Especially since the premiers and red carpets are on TV.. yikes. I always thought the random people on the red carpets at events were friends and fam of the stars - not just randoms like me! From now on I won't think so highly of them... ha.
So, that was my marvelous night. Hopefully tonight is just as exciting! We haven't been told when the next event is though - so this week might be the one week we get to go to premiers.. I'd be okay with that I think.
1 comment:
Jen,
Sounds amazing. Let me put what you are getting to do into perspective. I just came from a country where a family of 10 or 15 live in a hut made from sticks with a corrugated tin roof, cook over an open fire after they go through the woods and bundle up sticks, sleep on rags on a dirt floor with the scrawny dogs and chickens in animal poop, eat rice almost every meal because it's cheap, an occasional banana or mango or pineapple, where 90% of the population has parasites (worms) in their intestines and the monthly income is $11.00 or $132 per year for a family of 10 or 15. Kids walk to school on dirt paths. The life expectancy is 50 years whereas in the US it is now about 83 years. If you take what I gave you for spending money this summer that equals what the family makes in 45 years!!!!!!! The toilets are holes outside in the dirt, they "bathe" in streams with sewage floating by. Sean and I slept on air mattresses with mosquito nets, had 4 showers with unheated contaminated water all week and poured Clorox in water in a basin to wash our hair and face so we didn't get contaminated water in our mouths. Many of the CURE international medical people got sick for one reason or another. Dengue fever, parasites, malaria and other bad things were all around us and we were at risk of getting it so had to take medicines in advance and malaria medicine for 4 more weeks (once weekly) so that we don't get malaria. The weather was 95 degrees with 95% humidity every day and our clothes and sheets were soaked every day and every night. We ate decent food prepared by people who cleaned it really well and wore gloves so only a few of the 65 people got sick, including me. Maybe you and your friend could take an evening and just reflect on what your parents have provided for you and someday you will find a way to say thank you in some way other than just words.
I love you and can't wait to see you.
Dad.
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