My first Red Carpet Premier - Monday, December 14th

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The other day while riding the bus Nicole and I noticed that there were flags up promoting The Lovely Bones premier right in the middle of Wellington so of course we wanted to go. The movie doesn't actually open here until January but we've both read the book and can't wait to see it. Monday morning, we actually got off to a bad start. We kinda forgot that it was the night of the premier until we were too far away from the house to go back...seriously when you leave the house you take a spare change of clothes and provisions for the day, you don't go back for anything. Luckily Manuel hadn't left for work so he saved the day by bringing the camera with him. He even brought Edward even though this was his first day at his new job and he could have been horribly made fun of for forever if Edward was discovered.This hotel is just right around the corner from where I work, all of these cars were waiting to take people to the event. The side of the car says 'The Lovely Bones' and it had an all access pass in the window. The coolest part though was that the drivers had really cool headsets.

This is Courtenay Place which is a pretty happening little spot in Wellington and there's normally tons of cars and buses on this street but tonight there was just a red carpet and lots of people. Straight ahead is the theater that the premier is being held in. That's me off to the right with the gianormous bulging backpack...I told you that you take lots of things with you!
This is a shot of the Red Carpet before all the action. This is looking towards the theater.
The other direction, around that corner a tent where everyone was coming from.
Self portrait of Nicole and I in our matching jackets and huge sunglasses.
The girl with the blonde hair and pretty dress is Saoirse Ronan. She plays Susie Salmon, the main girl in the film.
She was in the movie Atonement and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2008 at the age of 13! Unfortunately this was as close as we got to her. This guy getting his photo taken was really nice, they held out our little book for autographs!
The lady in the black dress is Susan Sarandon. The Susan Sarandon. She's been in excellent films such as The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Banger Sisters, Stepmom, Thelma and Louise, Enchanted and many many more.
Like other Kiwis, she decided to walk around barefoot. These people are crazy by the way, as soon as the the sun comes out they're in sundresses and shorts but it's still cold!
It's a little blurry and we didn't get her autograph but she did come really close.
She seemed really cool for the 20 seconds that we saw her.
Edward got his picture with Rose McIver! She's a New Zealander who's done a lot of work here, she plays the other Salmon girl in The Lovely Bones. She also signed our book!!
Getting out of the car is Peter Jackson and his people. (!)
This was so exciting. For those of you who do not know, Peter Jackson is a pretty famous Kiwi in the film industry. He's written screenplays, produced and directed huge films such as Heavenly Creatures, the Lord of The Rings trilogy, King Kong, The Lovely Bones and next up is The Hobbit. So basically...he's awesome.
And we sort of met him! I guess you can't really say that you met someone when all they say is "you're welcome" when you say "thank you" because he signed your book.
This is Peter signing our book.
Edward tried his very hardest to get a picture with Peter. This was the best out of about 10 bad pictures.
The man used to be quite a fatty but he lost a lot of weight a few years back and now he looks great! He was so good to his fans, he really tried to see as many people as possible.
If my hand weren't there, it would look like Edward was on the red carpet. He's the same size as the other people!
It's hard to see in our pictures, but people were hanging out on roofs to get a good view of the festivities just like these kids. The funny thing was, no one cared. Even the cops are laid back here.

So our first real Red Carpet Premier was a success and lots of fun! There were a bunch of other people there that might have been famous but since we don't watch TV here, but we didn't really recognize many others. But it was so exciting and we can't wait for another one!!!