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TIFF Scenes: A Dangerous David Cronenberg, Waltzing with Sarah Polley
Keira Knightley arrives at Roy Thomson Hall for the gala screening of A Dangerous Method.
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- Keira Knightley arrives at Roy Thomson Hall for the gala screening of A Dangerous Method.
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- Knightley and co-star Viggo Mortensen.
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- Viggo makes nice with the public. (Very nice, in fact: when the screening was delayed, he came back out to sign more autographs.)
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- Also starring: Toronto actor Sarah Gadon.
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- Director David Cronenberg brought his daughter Caitlin.
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- “Damn it… I said I wouldn’t smile!” Caitlin after a photographer made her crack up.
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- Meanwhile, over at the Ryerson Theatre, other people you may have vaguely heard of were arriving for the screening of Melancholia. For instance, Kiefer Sutherland.
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- Kirsten Dunst was walking away when someone yelled out “I came from Vancouver to see you.” “Wow, that is a long way,” she replied, and came back to sign her autograph.
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- Co-star Alexander Skarsgård.
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- And then the biggest Canadian premiere of the festival: Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz.
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- Sarah Silverman co-stars. She likes to be goofy.
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- At some point someone yelled “Sarah, you’re funny!” and she shouted back, “No shit, asshole,” and had a chuckle. See? Funny.
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- Jennifer Podemski also stars.
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- Seth Rogen: “It’s great—really great. This is like one big Canadian bar mitzvah.”
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- Luke Kirby.
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- Polley’s opening remarks before the screening.
TIFF’s Saturday night was full of more red carpets, more screaming fans, and, we are happy to report, actors being nice and friendly. Props to Viggo Mortensen, who actually came out of the theatre after going in, once it became clear the screening would be delayed, to schmooze more with the excited public at the Dangerous Method gala.
A little later Canadian film fans were out in force for the opening of Sarah Polley’s sophomore outing, Take This Waltz. She called Seth Rogen her favourite new dramatic actor (this was his first dramatic role). Rogen, meanwhile, said he enjoyed his serious turn and he learned how to cook chicken on set. Lots and lots of chicken. Sarah Silverman is another comic who took on a serious role in Waltz; when asked about the differences between comedy and drama she said: “With drama you have to mean it… or it’s going to be only manure you’re giving out.” She was a bit nervous about the nude scene (she’s hoping her dad won’t watch, but thinks he will), but said that it actually wasn’t a big deal to shoot.
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