Monday, August 6, 2012

Total Recall Premiere with Kate, Colin, Jessica and More!

Well folks...another trip to LA for the Total Recall premiere. I expected this to be HUGE so I printed a ton of stuff and had high hopes I could get most of it signed. I left AZ with my friend Shawn at about 6 am and arrived at the premiere around 1 pm or so (darn LA traffic). It was already very crowded but thankfully my friend Angel held us a spot. Thanks Angel! We were prob about 20 people down from the drop off point, which in this case worked out well. I had my friend helping me on the opposite side, so my bases were covered. Here is how it went down:

Arrivals started about 6:30 pm with Bokeem Woodbine being the first celeb to arrive and cross for us. He came right to my area since I was yelling the loudest and caught his eye. He was nice enough to 3 index cards for me (with the help of Tyler), but I did not get the photo with. I wanted him on my cast photo, but that was with my friend on the other side. :(


Next to arrive and cross was John Cho. You might remember him from Harold and Kumar or Star Trek. He was nice enough to take a photo with me and sign my Star Trek 11x14 photo. I later got him on my cast shot leaving the premiere. Thanks John!




Colin Farrell was next. With the fans screaming so loud for him, he had to cross and sign. I have to say I have not heard the best things about Colin and I know many friends in LA would agree, seeing as how he skipped the section of what he thought to be dealers completely (see picture below); but he did come and sign for my section and I was able to get 2 11x14's done after being initially skipped (he must have thought I was a dealer as well). It took a lot of work, and I was called out by security (which were not very nice), but I did get these done.



Now I only have to get Edward Norton on this. Wish me luck!
Next to arrive was Jessica Biel. She went to the opposite side of where I was at and did not sign for very long so I was not able to get her on the photo's that I had. My only hope was that Brenda came through for me on the other side.

While Jessica was signing, Bryan Cranston (you might know him as Walter White from BB) started signing as well. I was lucky enough to get him on a couple pics at the Rock Of Ages premiere and brought all the photos that Aaron Paul had already signed to try and get them done. To my dismay, Bryan would only sign 1 each and signed for both Tyler and I. Thanks T! Now I have 2 completed shots...only 7 more to go. LOL.




While Bryan was signing, one of my favorite actresses arrived and started signing, I gave up on trying to jump (moving around) to get more from Bryan and went back to my spot to wait for Kate.
When she finally got close to me, I asked for a picture and her husband said No Pictures Today guys. Sorry. Huge disappointment as I really wanted a photo with her. Oh well...maybe next time.
He also said only 1 graph per person, so after she signed a sexy shot for me, I asked her if she could sign the Pearl Harbor shot that Ben had already signed...and she did! Tyler also helped me get one so that makes 3 on arrivals. Thanks so much Kate!





That was it for arrivals...now to wait for departures and the after party.

Upon leaving the premiere, I was able to get a few photos with people and a couple of autographs on index cards. Here is what I got:

 Joey Lawrence
 Spawn himself...Michael Jai White.

 Craig Robinson from Knocked Up and The Office.

 From the HBO show Luck...Jason Gedrick.
 Michael Ealy was nice enough to sign my Takers photo as well as this photo with.

The after party was close by and a lot of people walked, which is how I got the pictures above. Unfortunately, Colin, Bryan and Kate all got driven over. Jessica left premiere early to catch a flight back to NYC so I missed her. I was able to get Kate going into the after party and coming out as well on 6 more photos. Thanks again Kate! You're the best!






And I almost forgot to tell you that Brenda did come through for me...she got Jessica and Bryan on this TR cast photo, which I later added Kate and John Cho to as well. She also got Kate and Jessica on this 11x14 Maxim cover photo. Thanks Brenda!



To support his friend and cast mate on Breaking Bad, Aaron Paul showed up and I was able to get him on couple photos and index cards. He also took another photo with me. Thanks Aaron!

Hope you guys enjoyed this one. A lot of work and effort, but I'm very happy with how it turned out. Catch you on the next one!




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