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TIFF 2014: Close Encounters of the Viggo Kind
A quick post before I'm off to get Ros and then coach a 6:00 p.m. soccer game.
There have been no Cumberbatch encounters at the fest (though I passed the theatre where The Imitation Game was playing just as he was leaving and saw a huge crowd of people waiting to see him outside) but there have been not one but two Viggo sightings!
He was at the screenings of both of his films I saw (Jauja was very good, and Far from Men was very definitely great) and was his usual thoughtful and funny and generous self during the Q & As. He was passionate speaking about the films, but always pushed forward his directors and co-stars to speak first.
The screening of Jauja today was in the smallish screening room at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Sweetie and I ended up going out through the same door as Viggo and were right behind him. I could have talked to him--he was also generous about taking time to everyone who approached him, but I chickened out. (I did my gush over Viggo thing at his Alatriste screening, crikey, eight years ago.) He was taking pictures with people after outside, and I was tempted, but he finally left just as I was getting my courage up.
But I did get a blurry UFO picture of him, his director and co-star at the Far from Men screening. (I think I've just about made peace with the fact that the iPhone really isn't up to low light pictures in theatres.)
And here's a much better pro shot taken the same day. You can see the Montreal Canadiens pin he was wearing on his lapel, the stinker. *g* (Almost every time I've seen him here, whether at the fest or doing an event at Lightbox, he wears a Canadiens pin or jersey or waves a Habs flag, just to annoy the Toronto Maple Leafs fans. Which, since I am no Leafs fan, amuses me greatly.
There have been no Cumberbatch encounters at the fest (though I passed the theatre where The Imitation Game was playing just as he was leaving and saw a huge crowd of people waiting to see him outside) but there have been not one but two Viggo sightings!
He was at the screenings of both of his films I saw (Jauja was very good, and Far from Men was very definitely great) and was his usual thoughtful and funny and generous self during the Q & As. He was passionate speaking about the films, but always pushed forward his directors and co-stars to speak first.
The screening of Jauja today was in the smallish screening room at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Sweetie and I ended up going out through the same door as Viggo and were right behind him. I could have talked to him--he was also generous about taking time to everyone who approached him, but I chickened out. (I did my gush over Viggo thing at his Alatriste screening, crikey, eight years ago.) He was taking pictures with people after outside, and I was tempted, but he finally left just as I was getting my courage up.
But I did get a blurry UFO picture of him, his director and co-star at the Far from Men screening. (I think I've just about made peace with the fact that the iPhone really isn't up to low light pictures in theatres.)
And here's a much better pro shot taken the same day. You can see the Montreal Canadiens pin he was wearing on his lapel, the stinker. *g* (Almost every time I've seen him here, whether at the fest or doing an event at Lightbox, he wears a Canadiens pin or jersey or waves a Habs flag, just to annoy the Toronto Maple Leafs fans. Which, since I am no Leafs fan, amuses me greatly.
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And soccer went very well!