Tuesday, November 24, 2015

meeting leo

I dress as if it were a date.

Black fitted dress, high shoe boots, more makeup than normal.

I get to the theater early. It's a screening for The Revenant.

Everyone thing is going smoothly.

Moderator has arrived.

Photographer is present.

At least five studio people are at the theater.

Lots of security roaming around.

And a full house.  All as it should be.

The plan is to watch the movie and greet the "talent" about ten minutes before the end.

So at the climax of this two hour and thirty minute movie, I leave my seat.

The studio rep finds me to tell me that the talent has not been cleared for photos — major disappointment. 

I meet Will Poulter; he's very sweet. I see no one else.  Then I realize they are all hanging in a stairwell waiting for the film to end and the Q&A to begin.

I'm intimitated, but work hard to pretend I'm not.

I walk down the stairwell, past the three tough-looking security men, and approach the director, Alejandro Iñárritu. I compliment him on the exquisite movie he's directed. We speak briefly.  Standing next to him is Leonardo DiCaprio, looking very much the movie star he is.  

I introduce myself, shake his hand, and say, "You clean up nicely." Throughout most of the film, he's half dead.

I add, "You share my son's birthday (November 11), so happy belated birthday." He laughs.

I tell him I was cold watching the movie, and he says, "You have no idea. Some days were 40 degrees below zero. We shot in Calgary."

We talk a few more minutes and then he's being lead away. It's a short encounter, but an encounter nonetheless — one I'll not soon forget, even without the selfie.

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