La Fortunata Vita: A Report from the Match Point Premiere - Page 2

“That’s it for the press,” a woman with a walkie-talkie yelled. “People are starting to arrive.” I asked about the press passes and screening tickets and got a blank look in return. I knew it was in the email, but I had no weight to throw around. Plus, I didn’t have time to argue, as my escort was ready.

She walked us down the carpet to our spot at the far end. Some of the photogs must have been anxious because I had my picture snapped a few times. The Senora and I laughed. We were shown our place in the media pit between a reporter from Entertainment Weekly and an interviewer with video camera from Inside Edition. We asked our escort about the screening passes and she said she’d locate my contact. Being an amateur photographer, I pulled out my little Canon PowerShot S410 and hoped that the guys with the six-foot lenses would not point and mock. I handed my wife the notepad and began to move through the media pit, looking for unobstructed views.

First up was Lisa Guerrero, an actress who made a name for herself in sports as a sportscaster for The Best Damn Sports Show Period and a sideline reporter for Monday Night Football. She looked absolutely gorgeous in a black dress split open down the middle. I overheard her tell a reporter she was in the January 2006 issue of Playboy. I had no idea what the hell she was doing here, but obviously her people thought it was a smart business move.

An actress appeared but no one was sure who she was although everyone around us in the pit thought she was vaguely familiar. She looked good in an elegant black dress and wore white pearls. Senora Bicho said she’s the wife from The Sixth Sense. She must be in Match Point, so I scanned the poster for the cast. She looked like an Emily, so I figured she must be Emily Mortimer, but that didn’t seem right either. (Once we got home, I racked my brain trying to place her. All I could come up with is that I remembered her playing a wife or a mother, which narrowed down the list of potential actresses. The next morning, I awoke and it hit me that she is in Deadwood. Her name is Molly Parker. She is a very talented actress that I have seen in Pure as a mother and in Nine Lives as a wife.)

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