Most of the times, getting autographs isn’t so easy. Believe it or not, most of our time is spent
waiting for the few seconds of the payoff.
This week was no different because the Iron Man 3 premiere was upon
us. We knew space would be limited so this one was going to require us to put in some time. And
limited it was…
As the hours passed more and more collectors showed. We knew it was going to be tough because the
set up at premieres can be unpredictable.
Still, we stayed in our spot and just rested. I even built himself a tent shanty to
shield myself from the other collectors as long as possible. With still hours to go, we waited and waited.
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| Iron Man 3 red carpet |
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| Edwin wearing the Iron Man mask they passed out to fans along the rail. |
By the time the premiere started, there were rows and rows
of people behind us, all hoping to catch a glimpse of Tony Stark. The arrivals started out pretty slow, as we
saw Bella Thorne, Emily VanCamp, Jamie Alexander, Kat Dennings, Cobie Smulders,
Zachary Levi, Peter Facinelli, Jon Favreau, Olivia Holt, Stan Lee, Hayle
Atwell, Neal McDonough and Mario Lopez all arrive. A few of them made there way over to sign but not in our area. The set up made it a little
difficult for them to do it, but still… this did not look promising.
It took awhile but we did taste a little success. Ant held up his Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey shot and it caught William Sadler's eye and he came over to sign it. Also, Cobie Smulders, Jaime Alexander & Zachary Levi all ended up walking the carpet and making their way back over to sign.
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| William Sadler signing |
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| "Best 3 out of 5!" William Sadler signed 11x14 |
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| 12x18 signed by Zachary Levi & Jaime Alexander |
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| 8x10 |
Finally, a cast arrival… Guy Pierce! And he’s walking over to sign! Unfortunately he walked to the opposite side
of where we were standing and started signing.
He was followed by Don Cheadle… who did the exact same thing! Both headed in the opposite direction of
us. Things were starting to look lost.
The lovely Rebecca Hall arrived next, and her publicist’s
looked perplexed on how to get her over to us.
They stood on the carpet for a moment talking about it and then her
publicist shouted “she cant right now” at us and dragged Rebecca to the
carpet. Rebecca shrugged and mouthed
“sorry” at us. She’s great though, so we
knew she’d sign later.
Gwyneth Paltrow arrived next and it was anybody’s guess what
would happen. For the past two years,
Gwyneth has been signing but prior to that she was cold as ice about it. She arrived and didn’t even think about
coming over. Not looking good. Ben Kingsley did the same thing… no
acknowledgement.
Finally, Robert Downey Jr made a grand entrance with his
wife, driving down the red carpet in one of Tony Stark’s cars. He made his way to the side of the car and
helped his wife out and then proceeded to stand behind the car, closest to the
fans and let the press photograph him.
He then turned to the crowd and waved and proceeded to walk all the way
back to the start of the line and walk down it, signing as many as possible.
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| RDJ arriving |
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| RDJ signing |
It’s tough when you’re in a crowd like this because you
never know the quality of signatures you might get… today wasn’t any
different. Three of us had one sheet
posters, all were signed differently, in different sizes. But sometimes you gotta take what you can
get. We managed to get two posters signed and an 8x10 as well as an 11x14 (not pictured).
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| 27x40 Double Sided Poster signed by RDJ |
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| Another Poster signed by RDJ |
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| 8x10 that now needs Gwenyth to complete. |
We left to go watch arrivals from the other side and missed
Tom Hiddleston arrive and walk down the barricade to sign. It was a bummer missing out on Loki but it happens. You can't be everywhere at once.
The premiere ended and we all jockeyed for the best position
but again, it was questionable where the best spot was. During this, we saw Rebecca Hall leaving and
asked if she would come over… and she graciously did. She apologized for not signing earlier and walked
down the line signing multiple items and being happy about it.
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| Rebecca signing our 11x14 |
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| 11x14 |
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| 11x14 |
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| 11x14 |
After Rebecca we watched Don Cheadle sign for other
people. We watch Guy Pearce sign for
other people. It just wasn’t looking
good for us. Finally, James Badge Dale
came over and signed. The beautiful
Hayley Atwell from Captain America also came over to us and signed as many as
possible.
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| Haley Atwell signing our 11x14 |
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| 11x14 |
That was about it, we tried for Robert Downey Jr and Ben
Kingsley…. No luck. Eventually, Guy Peirce did make his way over and sign. Still,
we walked away with Robert Downey Jr and any premiere where you walk away with
the star of the show is good by us. Until next time...
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| Inspector Jesse |
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