September 11, 2011 at 1:29 pm
TIFF Scenes: A Dangerous David Cronenberg, Waltz ing with Sarah Polley
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Torontoist • Photos by Christopher Drost and Tom Ryaboi
Keira Knightley arrives at Roy Thomson Hall for the gala screening of A Dangerous Method.
78108 Photo by Christopher Drost Keira Knightley arrives at Roy Thomson Hall for the gala screening of <i>A Dangerous Method</i>. 20110911tiff1method1cd https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff1method1cd-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff1method1cd.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff1method1cd.jpg 683 832 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff1method1cd/ 20110911tiff1method1cd 0 0
Keira Knightley arrives at Roy Thomson Hall for the gala screening of A Dangerous Method .
78109 Photo by Christopher Drost Knightley and co-star Viggo Mortensen. 20110911tiff2method2cd https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff2method2cd-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff2method2cd.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff2method2cd.jpg 683 1024 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff2method2cd/ 20110911tiff2method2cd 0 0
Knightley and co-star Viggo Mortensen.
78110 Photo by Christopher Drost Viggo makes nice with the public. (Very nice, in fact: when the screening was delayed, he came back out to sign more autographs.) 20110911tiff3method3cd https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff3method3cd-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff3method3cd.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff3method3cd.jpg 1024 683 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff3method3cd/ 20110911tiff3method3cd 0 0
Viggo makes nice with the public. (Very nice, in fact: when the screening was delayed, he came back out to sign more autographs.)
78111 Photo by Christopher Drost Also starring: Toronto actor Sarah Gadon. 20110911tiff4method4cd https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff4method4cd-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff4method4cd.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff4method4cd.jpg 683 1024 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff4method4cd/ 20110911tiff4method4cd 0 0
Also starring: Toronto actor Sarah Gadon.
78112 Photo by Christopher Drost Director David Cronenberg brought his daughter Caitlin. 20110911tiff5method5cd https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff5method5cd-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff5method5cd.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff5method5cd.jpg 1024 810 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff5method5cd/ 20110911tiff5method5cd 0 0
Director David Cronenberg brought his daughter Caitlin.
78113 Photo by Christopher Drost "Damn it... I said I wouldn't smile!" Caitlin after a photographer made her crack up. 20110911tiff6method6cd https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff6method6cd-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff6method6cd.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff6method6cd.jpg 683 1024 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff6method6cd/ 20110911tiff6method6cd 0 0
“Damn it… I said I wouldn’t smile!” Caitlin after a photographer made her crack up.
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78117 Photo by Tom Ryaboi Meanwhile, over at the Ryerson Theatre, other people you may have vaguely heard of were arriving for the screening of <em>Melancholia</em>. For instance, Kiefer Sutherland. 20110911tiff10melan1tr https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff10melan1tr-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff10melan1tr.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff10melan1tr.jpg 1024 788 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff10melan1tr/ 20110911tiff10melan1tr 0 0
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.
78118 Photo by Tom Ryaboi 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. 20110911tiff11melan2tr https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff11melan2tr-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff11melan2tr.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff11melan2tr.jpg 1024 756 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff11melan2tr/ 20110911tiff11melan2tr 0 0
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.
78119 Photo by Tom Ryaboi Co-star Alexander Skarsgård. 20110911tiff12melan3tr https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff12melan3tr-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff12melan3tr.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff12melan3tr.jpg 1024 805 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff12melan3tr/ 20110911tiff12melan3tr 0 0
Co-star Alexander Skarsgård.
78120 Photo by Tom Ryaboi And then the biggest Canadian premiere of the festival: Sarah Polley's <em>Take This Waltz</em>. 20110911tiff13waltz1tr https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff13waltz1tr-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff13waltz1tr.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff13waltz1tr.jpg 900 1216 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff13waltz1tr/ 20110911tiff13waltz1tr 0 0
And then the biggest Canadian premiere of the festival: Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz .
78121 Photo by Christopher Drost Sarah Silverman co-stars. She likes to be goofy. 20110911tiff14waltz2cd https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff14waltz2cd-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff14waltz2cd.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff14waltz2cd.jpg 683 1024 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff14waltz2cd/ 20110911tiff14waltz2cd 0 0
Sarah Silverman co-stars. She likes to be goofy.
78122 Photo by Tom Ryaboi At some point someone yelled "Sarah, you're funny!" and she shouted back, "No shit, asshole," and had a chuckle. See? Funny. 20110911tiff15waltz3tr https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff15waltz3tr-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff15waltz3tr.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff15waltz3tr.jpg 1024 789 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff15waltz3tr/ 20110911tiff15waltz3tr 0 0
At some point someone yelled “Sarah, you’re funny!” and she shouted back, “No shit, asshole,” and had a chuckle. See? Funny.
78123 Photo by Christopher Drost Jennifer Podemski also stars. 20110911tiff16waltz4cd https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff16waltz4cd-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff16waltz4cd.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff16waltz4cd.jpg 683 1024 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff16waltz4cd/ 20110911tiff16waltz4cd 0 0
Jennifer Podemski also stars.
78124 Photo by Christopher Drost Seth Rogen: "It's great—really great. This is like one big Canadian bar mitzvah." 20110911tiff17waltz5cd https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff17waltz5cd-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff17waltz5cd.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff17waltz5cd.jpg 683 1024 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff17waltz5cd/ 20110911tiff17waltz5cd 0 0
Seth Rogen: “It’s great—really great. This is like one big Canadian bar mitzvah.”
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78126 Photo by Christopher Drost Luke Kirby. 20110911tiff19waltz7cd https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff19waltz7cd-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff19waltz7cd.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff19waltz7cd.jpg 963 1024 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff19waltz7cd/ 20110911tiff19waltz7cd 0 0
Luke Kirby.
78127 Photo by Christopher Drost Polley's opening remarks before the screening. 20110911tiff20waltz8cd https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff20waltz8cd-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff20waltz8cd.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110911tiff20waltz8cd.jpg 683 1024 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-a-dangerous-david-cronenberg-waltzing-with-sarah-polley/slide/20110911tiff20waltz8cd/ 20110911tiff20waltz8cd 0 0
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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