PREMIERE COVERAGE
See
my on-camera interviews with the cast and the ferret of ALONG
CAME POLLY for TV-Wire and Fantastica Daily from the red
carpet premiere, held at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA
on Monday, January 12, 2004.
See video from the premiere here
Read my report from the press conference here
Read my review of the movie here
(Photos © 2004 Enzo
Giobbé,
all rights reserved, represented by StarLens)
Hi-Rez print-quality images available; many more celeb photos at CelebrityPhotoIndex.com
Jennifer Aniston, who plays the title character in Along Came Polly. Polly is a free-spirited, spicy food eating, salsa dancing, animal loving lady who keeps her pet ferret in her apartment. Aniston admitted that she doesn't share any of those traits with Polly. However, she does share the experience of having a ferret co-star with her husband, Brad Pitt -- a friendly pet weasel can also be seen in Pitt's 1994 romantic adventure, Legends of the Fall.
Debra Messing, who plays Lisa, Polly's romantic rival. Debra said that although Lisa cheats on her husband during their honeymoon, she is actually a good person who simply did the wrong thing.
Philip Seymour Hoffman similarly defended his reprehensible comic character, Sandy Lyle. Sandy lies to his best friend, does revolting things in public, and tries to steal the lead in a play away from a fellow actor -- but according to Phil, I have no heart because I described Sandy as "somewhat unlikable". (see the video)
Hank Azaria, who plays Claude, the object of Lisa's honeymoon hullabaloo. In the film, Azaria is channeling Armand Assanté circa 1982, complete with the heavy accent, long bleach-streaked hair, and penchant for muscle-flexing nudity.
Ben Stiller, or at least a reasonable facsimile. The actor was late in arriving, so he didn't pause for photos down the press line. He was late because he was taping "The Tonight Show" where he mercilessly dissed his co-star, Rodolfo the ferret [he later apologized, formally, on NBC's Today Show]. According to Stiller, he was nipped on the chin just after shooting a scene where his character, Rueben, had to run down the street holding the ferret. According to the ferret, he was simply trying to feed Stiller his next line.
One of the "Rodolfo" ferrets from the movie (this one is named Jack). He was the handsomest, most well-behaved, and humble actor at the premiere. Well, maybe not the most handsome... Brad Pitt was there as well. And, perhaps not the most humble either... the ferret told me that he'd retained Don King as his manager and is planning on challenging Stiller to a rematch at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. (see his other comments on the video)
Me and "Rodolfo", weaseling out!