About a month ago, Mike found out that the Fast and the Furious 8 World Premiere would be taking place here in Berlin. You can imagine his excitement when we found out it would be open to the public via tickets and that Vin Diesel and Charlize Theron would be coming to walk the red carpet! Since we will probably never live in LA or New York where these premieres take place in the United States, this was our only chance to partake in a movie premiere and it didn't disappoint. Plus, we'd get to see the movie two weeks early, so it was a win/win.
We really had no idea what to expect. We weren't even sure of what to wear. Do we dress up? What time do we get there? Is it going to be crowded? We decided not to dress up, which was good because no one else was besides the celebrities and to get downtown around five to grab a quick dinner beforehand. The doors opened at 6:30, but we were shocked to see a line already formed when we got off the metro at 5:00. Add in the fact that it was pretty disorganized and our dinner at Vapiano's took for.ev.er. and we were far back in line.
We did end up getting in and getting a pretty good spot along the red carpet (after scoping out some of the cars they had on display), but it was a few rows behind people. We aren't the tallest people, so this was a bummer, but we pushed our way as close as we could and ended up being able to see a few spots if we craned our necks. We were definitely taken aback by how many people were there! I would say several hundred!
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| We made it inside! |
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The premiere hosts made their debut around seven and then the celebrities followed shortly. Luckily, they had a big screen TV that we could watch the interviews on, but we were also able to see almost everyone from a varying distance. I really wanted Charlize Theron to rub my belly, but she didn't make it all the way around the carpet to our spot unfortunately. Vin Diesel did though!! He walked right by us, shaved head, muscle t-shirt and all!
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| You see the blonde haired woman with the bare back? That's Charlize Theron! |
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| The guy in the plaid suit is the director |
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| And that bald head? Vin Diesel of course! |
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| Oh hey Vin Diesel! |
Shortly after the celebrities walked the red carpet, we headed inside to watch the movie. It was originally scheduled for eight, but by the time everyone made their way inside, it was closer to nine. So much for German punctuality (Mike doesn't actually believe it's a thing. I'm skeptical at best).
Two hours, one submarine and lots of laughs later, we left happy and satisfied with our choice to attend the premiere. We went in with extremely low expectations for the actual movie (have you seen the other seven?), but the movie was fun, the acting was....decent and there was a submarine doing completely unrealistic things, so what more could you ask for? When we got home, I think we were both on a high from the whole experience because we just kept saying "that was SO cool!" There are definitely a few things we would change (getting there earlier being one) and I was beyond exhausted after standing for two hours, but it was totally worth it!
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