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« Thread Started on Mar 16, 2008, 10:33am » | |
Well Anna appeared at the event in LA last night - lots of pics about - will be posting them in the next few hours.... 
Appears all the cast and crew were there - and Anna wore a stunning white dress with crystals/jewels on...
Update:
Added 30 pictures to the new gallery here....
Update #2
Added 11 HQ pictures to the same gallery...
http://annafriel.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=333
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« Reply #1 on Mar 16, 2008, 8:37pm » | |
As I promised Dave, a full report of last night ; I planned to keep it brief, but it’s nearly impossible to shorten the whole event into to a couple of paragraphs. I apologize in advance for the long post!
The event was sold out, but I won a ticket a few days beforehand from an online Pushing Daisies community called “The Pie Hole". They let us know that the whole event would be available online for fans that couldn’t make it to the event. Not sure when it will be posted online, but I’ll keep my eyes open for it. The event was amazing and the panel was about 1-2 hours long, Anna and Lee didn’t talk as much as the producers did, but Anna shared several wonderful stories about being on the set, filming and Gracie.
They asked the cast about the show, and how they came to play their characters. Anna said that it was probably the best decision she’s made in her life, she loves the show and her role, and is anticipating what is to come in the second season.
They asked Anna about her upcoming role in Land of the Lost and she talked quite a lot about it – her role in the film is ‘Holly’ and she said they’re having fun making the film and they’ve completed two weeks of filming.
Bryan Fuller let the audience know that Chuck will find out who her real mother is & how it will affect her relationship with Ned and the Aunts that’ll be something to really look forward to!
They asked the cast a series of questions from online, and one of the questions was “Can Chuck and Ned have a baby?” and the answer from Bryan Fuller was hysterical, he said ‘no’ because the sperm would kill the egg and they can’t have a baby. Anna looked over at him and said ‘What?! I want them to have a Ned baby! Why can’t they have a baby?” It was hilarious – can’t wait until you’re all able to hear the whole segment!
An audience member asked the cast what their favorite moments were in the show and Anna said her favorite part was when the Darling Mermaid Darlings began swimming again and that the scene made her cry. She said it was also Gracie’s favorite part of the show and that she’s watched it about seventy times, and Ellen Greene suggested that they give Gracie a mermaid outfit of her own, it was really cute!
A fan asked if the DVD was going to be released soon, and Bryan said that the DVD of the season would be released in the UK first (sometime in June?) and the crowd moaned and Anna made a joke that she’ll go back to England and bring back a whole set of DVDs for the fans. Bryan also said that a soundtrack might be available soon for the show as well.
After the interview was completed, they announced that they would be giving out free Pushing Daisies t-shirts and all of the fans literally ran up to the stage and security ran up to keep them back. There was a pretty big gap between the stage and the audience seating, so security stood on top of the stage keeping fans from getting up there so the cast could come out on their own to sign autographs if they wanted to.
Anna had to use the restroom and security had to escort her. They had a time limit to spend with audience members, I think it was 15 minutes and then they had to make the cast leave. When Anna returned from the restroom with security, fans were already following her and she signed autographs for them. She passed right by us and got on-stage; me and a few other fans were calling her name so she turned around to greet us.
I held out the picture from the Hollywood premiere of me, David, Anna and Gracie and she immediately lit up! At first she tried to sign it, but I told her she didn’t have to sign anything for me, I already had her autograph and if it was all right if I had a picture with her. I told her I was Amanda from this website and she recognized me immediately and said, “oh that’s you! You guys are wonderful!” She got down to speak with me and I told her ‘thank you very much’ for that night that I had first met her in Hollywood at the cemetery. I spoke with Anna A LOT about this site. I told her that Dave has been working really hard on the forum and now the new gallery, and that I was helping him out with the layouts and Anna said that we we’re doing a very good job and she was grateful for all of the hard work on the site.
I told her ‘hi’ from Dave and all of the forum members, she’s very happy with how the site is coming along, and she wanted me to tell you all ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ !
My mom was showing her the pictures from the Emmy Magazine and Anna was telling her how happy she was that the pictures came out so beautifully. She ended up signing one of those pictures for me, and I had asked her again if we could have a picture of us together (so I can send one to Dave for the site) and she said, “oh sweetheart, you don’t even have to ask, of course we’ll take a picture together”. I told her that I sent copies of the magazines to her father and she said that she knew about it and that her dad was thankful that we sent him copies.
This is when the other fans started getting impatient, Anna and I had spent quite a lot of time together talking and they were getting tired of waiting for us and started shoving papers in her face to sign and I had to duck under them. One of the security guards took Anna away to the other side of the stage where there were more fans waiting to see her, so I didn’t get a chance to tell her ‘goodbye’.
So I didn’t get a picture with her, and I decided to lean on the stage and pull out a picture of Lee Pace I had ready in a folder so he can sign a photo I brought for him, I wanted to hurry while I could and get a chance to meet him too.
I took one final look down the stage and noticed that Anna kept glancing over at me and then she told security that she wanted me to get up on the stage with the rest of the cast members. Anna waved at me and signaled me to get up on the stage. Security was telling her that I wasn’t allowed to be on stage with the cast members, but Anna kept insisting, so I got up on stage and immediately they told me to get off, so I jumped down and told them that it was completely fine, it wouldn’t be fair to the rest of the fans.
When Anna noticed that security would absolutely not let me on stage, she walked ALL the way across the stage, walked down the stairway and had security make a ring around us because she wanted us to have our picture together. As soon as she made her way down the stage stairs she pulled me into a big hug I told her I couldn’t be more grateful for what she had just done for me, and told her to give Gracie, David and her dad a hug from me too. We took quite a lot of pictures and spent a really good amount of time together – we gave each other one last hug and I thanked her for everything! Again, she wanted me to tell you all ‘hi’ and ‘thank you’ from her!
Anna is absolutely wonderful, I'm very honored and thankful for all of the time she spent with me and her fans, she was amazing last night and looked stunning in her beautiful dress! I couldn't be more grateful for last night, Anna, you're amazing.
Afterwards, I had to run over really quickly to where Lee was sitting, got in line for a little bit (there was a whole mob of fans around him) and security announced that there was one minute left before the cast had to leave. I literally had to jump onto his lap and we took a quick picture together, it was really funny, poor guy!
That’s everything that happened; I’m still in shock! Photographic evidence is below! They were also filming Anna and me together when she had gotten off the stage to take our picture, so you’ll probably catch it somewhere online, I sent high-res pictures to Dave exclusively for this website, so hope you guys enjoy!
The cast members and creators
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Lee signing autographs for fans:
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Anna returning from the restroom;
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Anna coming up to greet us;
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The fan mob, me trying to duck and cover;
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Anna after getting off-stage for our picture;
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Anna and fellow cast members signing autographs and meeting fans;
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Me and Lee  ;
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It’s another night to always remember, Anna is absolutely amazing, she took time to be with a fan and she was so kind and wonderful, I’ll never forget it, thank you so much Anna!
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« Reply #2 on Mar 16, 2008, 9:13pm » | |
Well done, Amanda
Looks like you had a great time with Anna - again
Smashing pics, too - thanks for sharing your incredible adventure with us.
Why don't they do these kind of events over here 
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« Reply #3 on Mar 16, 2008, 9:24pm » | |
Amazing Amanda - glad you had such a great time again !! Sorry I couldnt make it ...... 
Thanks for the pm also..... Nice pics !!!
(Loving the look that girl behind you in the pic with Lee is giving.... a typical "yeah whatever" look !!! LOL !!)
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« Reply #4 on Mar 17, 2008, 12:07am » | |
Oh wow. I wish I could have gone! All you Californians, making me jealous haha.
Looks like it was an amazing time, of course!
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« Reply #5 on Mar 17, 2008, 12:29am » | |
Nice one, Amanda! Great work from the L.A. correspondent.
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« Reply #6 on Mar 26, 2008, 7:18pm » | |
Just in case anyone is interested.... Anna's dress that she wore at the Paley Fest is a Marchesa Apparel design and can be seen and bought at this site:
http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/27458
A snip at the price !!
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« Reply #7 on Mar 26, 2008, 8:06pm » | |
Quote:Just in case anyone is interested.... Anna's dress that she wore at the Paley Fest is a Marchesa Apparel design and can be seen and bought at this site:
http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/27458
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Thanks for that Dave - but I'd expect it to have air conditioning, six gears and only one careful owner for that money
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