Saturday, 31 March 2012

Stalking Spiderman in the Big Apple

Very intense powerful performances (seemed forced at first but got much better with some pretty explosive scenes and lots of crying - I wish I was closer to see all the emotion and tears) the other night by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield in Death of a Salesman - and I thought Finn Wittrock and John Glover were very good too. Classic story. But what a downer....and stark memories of reading the book in high school....I was feeling very pensive and kinda low....until I walked out of theatre and saw tons of girls (and many mums) waiting outside of the stage door. And a big black SUV sitting out front with dark windows. It was freezing out but thought I would wait to see who comes out first....girl who played the mistress walked out with no drama, then Finn who got applause and walked straight across to the pub, then I saw all the phones go up so I got my phone ready...could hardly see Andrew so slight (think I could take him on and break him in two he's so skinny) and not as tall as I thought in a navy blue hoodie (he didn't pay any attention to Geraldo Rivera or maybe he did! He did look like some punk kid you shouldn't mess with...). He signed lots and lots of autographs and I took not so great pics.  Was shivering so all pics shaky!! Anyway I was super cold. Is it bad that I didn't wait for PSH??!!! Sacrilegious I know!! Was freezing and windy!! And I had no tights on and open toe shoes!! I walked initially towards Broadway but thought 8th Ave would be less crowded and taxi can take me right uptown easily. So I turned around passed the theatre again and realised AG was still signing autographs....then he walked to talk to someone in front of theatre. Oh! He didn't get into the black SUV! He was walking diagonally across the street towards me! I slowed down (damn it was so cold my legs are still numb!). Geez he stopped in front of the pub and hugged a girl who was with Finn who tried to get him to come into pub but he waved him off and walked towards 8th Ave. Then I realised it was just him....and me....oh dear I am following him and it barely crosses my mind that it may not be a great idea to be walking alone towards Hells Kitchen this time of night. He stopped to go around some crazy drunk couples. Then he walked through a very large group of very large scary guys. I just followed his lead. I had to get a taxi for goodness sake! I couldn't see any and kept following him to get ahead of other people who were hailing frantically. Finally got a taxi and saw AG walking all the way down 8th Ave. Like most regular theatre actors just walking home. You gotta love this guy. I have said it before and I will say it again - that Emma Stone is one lucky girl. And if they can't stand the attention now, wait until this summer when Spiderman opens....

2 comments:

  1. Wow! How cool! Glad to hear Andrew is down to earth, even if he will be flying via Spidey powers soon.

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  2. Thanks so much for your comment! High expectations for the Spiderman reboot. He will have to start playing the game much to his dismay...heard he just doesn't like the Hollywood scene and he and Emma will have to be nicer to the many paps on their doorstep. Price of fame!

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