Living in London gives you the opportunity to see famous people when you're out and about...or around. I remember the first time I got roped in was when I was at Uni. It was nighttime and I was passing through Leceister Square when I noticed a huge crowd surrounding Vue, one of the cinemas there. I decided, mostly out of curiosity, to stay and see what I might find. I can't quite remember which premiere it was *goes to find out* ............nope, can't figure out which movie it was. It wasn't one of the big ones though.
So I'm there, at the front. I somehow found a way to wiggle up to the front to find out what's going on. I don't even recall if I waited a long time but it must have been a while as these events do take their time. So here I am, and Ewan McGregor pop's right out and everyone is screaming and people around me were desperate to get a whiff of him, be it a photo or a signature. He indeed came very close to me that I could have very well touched his face. But I didn't. I wasn't a crazy fan of his.
Out of fun, I went to stand around for a long duration at another premiere and dragged my sister to this one. It was War of the Worlds starring Tom Cruise in 2005 - so a good few years back. My memories of it is hazy. It was a lovely day and there were hoards of people everywhere. We got there pretty early to avoid being stuck around the back. I'm one of those that love being at the front of any event otherwise it isn't worth the bother (I make a special point of this when going to gigs or concerts - definitely not worth the money if I'm in the distance and particularly awful if I'm having to watch things from a small screen when I could kick back and relax and watch it on telly at home!). My technique (yes I have a technique!) was to, in time, make my way to the front as people shuffle and move around. I made it! My technique works well I'm chuffed to say.
I'm no good at recognising people. Generally I need others to tell me who they are so I can say ooooooh. That was then so imagine what I am like now. I think I've offended my postman by not recognising him outside of his work uniform. I'll defend myself by blaming his hat. He doesn't wear the cap when he's not working. I still don't recognise him I'm ashamed to say. I'm moving away from the topic. I only recall seeing three well-know people at the War of the Worlds premiere: Tom Cruise (of course! It would be embarassing to say I never saw him!!), Dakota Fanning (oh how she's grown now from when I saw her here at this premiere) and Greg Rusedski (he was one of my surprise highlights of the day as I'm a tennis fan and seeing him was like wooooah).
To keep this blog entry from getting too long, other well-known people I've seen are:
- the Backstreet Boys (twice in concert - my favourite band in the whole wide world!)
- Novak Djokovic (twice at the ATP Finals in November at the O2 - tennis fan! Though it would complete me to see Roger Federer - my all-time favourite)
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (he played Djokovic) and Mardy Fish
- Vivienne Westwood (when I was out and about and she passed by in a car attending a funeral I believe)
- Joanna Lumley (near Brick Lane when she was promoting M&S 'swap and shop' and I didn't recognise her until I saw in the paper on the way home)
There are more, for which I can't recall right now. I'll edit it in if I do. There have been a number of people friends have pointed out to me but I fail to know who they are!
London is a big place with so many people, and perhaps even you might bump into someone well-known yourself one day.
