More from Tribeca’s Red Carpet

Posted by Tara Settembre (tara@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 2, 2006

I’m filmed out after seeing all these films this weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival and taking notes. Not that I’m complaining I just feel a bit 2D. To break it up a bit, I got to briefly ask questions to the talented Laura Linney and Harry Potter’s Rupert Grint at the premiere of Driving Lessons. The film is about a shy teenager (Grint) living in London who is trying to escape from the clutches of his religious mother (Linney). He finally gets his chance when he meets a retired actress (Julie Walters) who whisks him off to Edinburgh, where he learns to drive, dance and pick up girls. It’s also the directorial debut for Jeremy Brock.

Dressed in jeans a camouflage jacket and Converse sneaks, Rupert Grint was sweet and spoke in a soft voice. Outside the screening room meanwhile was a line of screaming fourteen year old girls wanting to meet him, who knew Ron Weasley was such a heart throb? I did notice that his eyelashes like his hair were red but a lighter shade. Either way he was barely 5′4 and still doesn’t have his license. He told me that he never drove before but had to for the film. He laughed remembering how he forgot to put up the parking break and the car started rolling backwards down a hill towards the film crew.

It’s not his first time in New York since he says he goes every year for the Harry Potter premiere, but he said that he likes the city and that he especially like’s New York gangster films like Goodfellas. It was his first time at Tribeca Film Festival; in fact he said it’s his first film festival in general.

Laura Linney dressed in a brown trench coat, jeans and heels. Her smile was constant but not fake. She spoke elegantly and was very nice to me but got flustered on my question of her favorite New York film since she said that there are so many great ones; but she kept trying to think of one, then she apologized with a smile and said that she was tired. Regarding an easier question she immediately said that what most attracted her to the role in Driving Lessons was the script and director Brock’s charm when he flew out to meet her and to discuss the project.

This time I took a video of the red carpet instead of still shots. Enjoy! Sorry I couldn’t film my interview myself, not that ambidextrous.

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