The Academy Museum's David Geffen Theater hosted its first movie premiere Monday for a psychological thriller starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Thomasin McKenzie, as the film's director Edgar Wright paid tribute to the late Diana Rigg.
Kujawski welcomed Wright to the stage and he wasted no time in admitting that he hoped on landing a similar joke, but, out of options, he turned attention toward gratitude for being the first movie premiere to be held inside the Academy’s jewel of a theater. “It’s such a privilege,” he said, though he was quick to say it’s a privilege to have any screening whatsoever now. “It’s so great to be in a room together watching not just this film but any film.
Wright took time to count his own blessings by paying tribute to his partners at Focus, Universal, Film4, Working Title and Complete Fiction for allowing him to cut his own path in the industry by making “original movies.” He added: “I don’t take any of these things for granted at all and the chance to make original movies and be seen around the world means so much.”
Taking in the sights Monday evening were producers Nira Park, Eric Fellner, Leonora “Leo” Thompson, sound editor Julian Slater, Universal chairman Donna Langley, Focus vice chairman Jason Cassidy, Universal president Abhijay Prakash, and guests Annette Bening, Taika Waititi, Clifton Collins Jr., Darren Criss, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein, Beck, Adriana Lima and the Sparks duo Ron and Russell Mael.
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