Jun 12, 2007
Fantastic Four Premiere
I just got in from the Rise of the Silver Surfer premiere. I unexpectedly got some tickets for it today when I was at a meeting at Fox. I took my son who *loves* the first film and was very keen to try and meet each of the actors. I said that might be difficult, but if we were close to Chris Evans he’d definitely get his autograph.
Of course, it was complete chaos when we arrived. We walked the full length of the ‘blue’ carpet and right outside the door I saw some people I knew from Fox so we stopped there to wait for the actors to arrive. They didn’t come and they didn’t come and then security got a bit shirty with us and made us go inside.
Once inside they were trying to usher us into the cinema, but I stepped aside to wait for *any*one from the film. I kept ignoring the security people (‘Please, you’re going to have to go into the cinema.’ ‘Yes, thank you, I understand.’) and they were getting increasingly angry with me.
Suddenly (finally) Chris Evans walked by, I said, ‘Chris, I’m Gia, I worked on ‘Sunshine’ (he didn’t remember me *sigh*), my son would love your autograph.’ ‘Of course!’ So they had a little chat, Chris signed his autograph and then I got a photo.
My son is the luckiest kid. He’s now met Alex Garland, Andrew Macdonald, Danny Boyle, Troy Garity, Benny Wong (via webcam only) and now Chris Evans… He’s not even seen ‘Sunshine’ yet and he’s a big fan (though the DVD is coming soonish… *ahem*). He said in the cab on the way home, ‘I think I want to change my name to Mace.’ :)
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To be honest, looking at that photo, I’m not sure I’d recognise Chris Evans either! He looks a lot slimmer in that photo than I remember him from Sunshine….. (Talking of Sunshine, is there any news on the DVD release? I’m not allowed to put my work on my showreel until the DVD has been released….)
Are you allowed to say anything about the film itself? I never got around to seeing the first one – it’s the kind of film I’ll watch if it’s on TV and I’m bored, but not something I’d go out of my way to see….
Actually, Chris *was* a lot slimmer than I remember him being. I almost didn’t recognise him. But I wondered if it was maybe cos I’ve just seen his 40 foot head so many times over the past few months…
Rise of the Silver Surfer: if you liked the first one, you’ll like this one. Though I though there should have been a bit more Thing and Johnny Storm in it. My son totally loved it – he really loved the first one (he wants to be Johnny Storm and think the Thing is HILarious). :)
The DVD release… I’ll email you with the date. I’m not sure if I can announce it yet.
He really is the luckiest kid!
I really didn’t like the first Fantastic Four film. I don’t really care for Jessica Alba… Obviously my only reason for watching it is Chris by way of Sunshine.
I second that your son is the luckiest kid that I currently know of! Glad you enjoyed the movie, my step brother has already informed me that he’s coming to the city to visit and that he’s expecting me to take him to this.
Chris Evans was papped in yesterday’s London Paper on the Tube and it said he was seen getting into a cab with a mystery woman. Was that a woman and child or just Gia?
As usual we’re a bit behind the times up here in Scotland so I’ve just seen the film. I only went to see how cool the Siver Surfer looked on the big screen and he DID look cool. The rest of the film was aimed at a “slightly”(ahem) younger audience than me! I thought Jessica Alba looked waaay too skinny though. Gia by the time of the next FF movie(4:3?) I think your son might be wanting to meet HER instead! :)
When I was in the cinema I saw the advert for the Peugot cabriolet coupe and had to look twice as I thought the girl in the car was Gia! Of course it wasn’t but does anyone else see a resemblance? Or is just that my mid-life crisis is going to involve fantasising about hot tv presemters in cars? :)