(Copy/paste from devArt)
LET'S MAKE THIS QUICK, 'CAUSE I'M TIRED AND WANNA GO TO BED
So, me and my friend Meghan slept over at our buddy Alyssa's house Wednesday night. We made butterbeer and had fun times.
Woke up at around 5:30 yesterday morning to take the 6:17 train into the city. Got ready, packed all our nerd shit, left the house, got bagels, and got on the train. The ride took a little less than an hour. So we then took a subway to 50th St and walked to W54th where the theater was. A bunch of fans were already there but we still got a good spot right in front. Oh, and we were smart and brought chairs so we set them up and hung out. We took turns leaving to go to the bathroom in the hotel behind us or to go to the cafe down the block for food and drinks. There were these two girls next to us who we made friends with. :3 They were awesome.
By the afternoon it was getting pretty crowded. We folded up our chairs at 2 and stood the rest of the time. Across the street they were setting up the posters and the red carpet and then some of the workers cut up a part of it and came over to the crowd and handed out pieces. We got a piece! x3 Yaaay! Oh, and some lady was handing out Tom Felton buttons and I got one of those, too. Hee.
News people started showing up at around 3 and Fox 5 was the first there. The reporter, Julie Chang, was passing by us and I said to her that I liked her shoes, which got her to chat with us and borrow props from us. Alyssa was wearing a Hogwarts tie and Harry glasses and I had a wand, so she used those. :3 The three of us were on TV and everything. Good times!
Mugglenet's Emerson Spartz and Andrew Sims were there too, of course. The girls we met were huuuge fans of Emerson and had a poster that said they were Mugglenet's greatest fans, haha. He came over and signed their poster for them and they were interviewed by Andrew, too. :3 Fun stuff.
A bunch of other news stations were there too, obviously, and a couple made sure to get shots of all the screaming fans. Although the only ones I recognized were the BBC and AMC.
At around 5, we were finally able to move the barrier into the street. It was a mad rush. Meg and I got pushed back a little but Alyssa was holding on to the bars for dear life, haha. We were all smushed but it was ok, 'cause it was abnormally cold yesterday. We were warmed up nicely by that. The only thing was, the road wasn't closed off. We only took up the shoulder. So whenever a truck went by everyone would start booing, haha.
Finally, at around 6, famous people started arriving. Now, we were directly across from the theater's entrance. Most of the actors were dropped off at the other end of the block. Dan Radcliffe arrived first for once and I believe he started signing autographs down on the other end but he didn't get far until he was ushered over to the red carpet. Tom Felton (who I loooove) got halfway down the line but when he got near our section the dumb shits behind us started pushing and shoving. Tom's bodyguards grabbed him and took him across the street. >( We in the front were pissed. And the cops kept trying to tell everyone to step back but people decided to push forward instead, which caused me and Meg to get shoved back a little more.
But then, Emma Watson hopped out of her car and started signing things on our side. Alyssa managed to get her autograph and even chatted briefly with her. Emma said something like, "I feel really sorry for you guys, standing around like this all day." I love her, she's such a sweetie.
Rupert Grint tried the same thing as Emma but there was insane shoving again and he was dragged away before he could sign anything. Woe.
Across the street we saw a bunch of people. What's-His-Face-Who-Plays-Dumbledore-But-I
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wesome went straight into the theater without even looking at anyone. Kelsey Grammer and family went by. Other celebs who I don't care about went by. Daniel, when he was done talking to reporters, rushed right in, too. Alan Rickman stopped and waved at us, though. <333333 Oh my God, I love that man so muuuuuch <33333 Aaaahhhh~! <3333
Bonnie Wright passed by and signed autographs on that side. She didn't turn around. :/
After that, we saw Emma go in and then I got shoved back a bit more so I could hardly see anything. Not too long after that all the celebs were in the theater and before we knew it, the crowd was dispersing and the reporters were gone. At around 8 we went down the block to a street vendor and got hot dogs and drinks, then we went back and set up our chairs again. Felt wonderful to sit. Carpet and posters across the street were already gone and we weren't even gone five minutes. There was maybe about 20 fans left, waiting. Chatted with a group of girls next to us. Security guys came over about thirty minutes later, put a barrier around us, and had us fold up our chairs to make more room because the crowd started getting big again. Security was all, "If you're calm and nice the actors will come over and sign everything."
When the actors and other celebs did come out, what happened? Tom, Dan, and Bonnie were rushed straight to their cars and set off. Chevy Chase came out and tried to come over to us but his people practically dragged him into his car and sped off with him. David Yates waved a bit as he left. And when Alan came out it was awesome. Everyone started chanting his name and he was grinning and made he sure to stop and wave at us before leaving. Too bad he wasn't allowed to come over. When Rupert came out, though, he signed autographs. He started at the middle and went down the opposite side from us. ): Everyone on our side was crying. He shot us an apologetic look as his people got him into his car.
We thought Emma would surely go down the whole line but she didn't come out. We realized she was probably rushed out while we were crying over Rupert. We were soon told to get lost and we headed back to Penn, hopped on a train that was leaving in two minutes, and got back to Alyssa's at around... 12:30? Her mom recorded the 10:00 news and we watched ourselves before going to bed.
Oh, and guess what? Alyssa's mom informed us that Alyssa's uncle/godfather, a police chief in the city, could have gotten us tickets. >( The kicker is, Alyssa told him a few weeks ago that she was going to the premiere and he did not remember her telling him so. We're gonna try to get tickets to the Deathly Hallows premiere and after party (surely one of the two films will be in New York, y'know?).
OH, AND HERE'S A FEW PICS
Emma:
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee177/finessethesandwich/308.jpg http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee177/finessethesandwich/309.jpg http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee177/finessethesandwich/310.jpgRupert:
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee177/finessethesandwich/311.jpg http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee177/finessethesandwich/360.jpgBonnie:
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee177/finessethesandwich/342.jpg http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee177/finessethesandwich/343.jpgAlan:
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee177/finessethesandwich/334.jpg http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee177/finessethesandwich/335.jpgChevy:
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee177/finessethesandwich/358.jpgEmerson:
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee177/finessethesandwich/306.jpgJulie:
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee177/finessethesandwich/303.jpgOur bit of red carpet, lol:
http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee177/finessethesandwich/291.jpgOK, THAT WASN'T QUICK BUT WHATEVER. Bedtime now! G'night. :3
(Also, I apologize for any typos I am too tired to be grammatically correct)
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