Fashion Wire Daily - When actor Matthew Broderick left his wife Sarah Jessica Parker and his young son James back in New York and headed for Hollywood to attend the gala premiere of his new animated feature “The Tale of Despereaux,” he had to carefully explain where he was going. Not to Sarah, of course, but to 6-year-old James.
“He didn’t want me to come here,” Broderick admitted to reporters at a press conference in support of the film, in which he stars as the heroic little mouse with big ears named Despereaux. “I said, ‘I’m going for ‘Despereaux.’ That’s why I’m leaving.’ He always gets to it in a very slow way, and he says, ‘And when you’re there what happens?’ ‘I talk to people.’ ‘Is there some sort of screening?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘What happens before the screening?’ ‘I talk to more people.’ ‘When you leave the screening what happens?’ ‘Sometimes they give me a bag.’ ‘What’s inside the bag?’ ‘There might be some kind of toys. I’m not sure.’ He very much wants a stuffed Despereaux. That’s what this entire story was leading to!”
James isn’t the only child anticipating the opening of “The Tale of Despereaux” on Dec. 19; there were plenty of excited kids at Sunday’s premiere in Hollywood, many of whom have read the best-selling book by Kate DiCamillo over and over in anticipation of the movie. Even Broderick’s still-teenage co-star Emma Watson admitted to her excitement at being in a film other than the “Harry Potter” series, especially because this one is a cartoon.
“I watch a lot of animated films,” the British star explained. “I love animated films and it felt really different from anything that I’d ever seen before, because it felt like it wasn’t patronizing to children. The message in the film felt really profound and philosophical and I loved the ending. I really love it. I think it works on lots and lots of different levels. I don’t think it’s just a children’s film. I think that everyone can go see it and get something from it.”
Adults Dustin Hoffman, Sigourney Weaver, and Tracey Ullman, who also lend their voices to the film, joined in the premiere fun, as did child actors including Field Cate, Madisen Beaty, Ashley Edner, Zane Huett, Ryan Newman, and Michael Peterson.
And will James Broderick get his “Despereaux” stuffed toy, that brave little mouse with the big ears? “Oh yeah!” his dad laughed.
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