USA: Bradley Cooper joined by Mike Tyson and Robert Downey Jr. for the world premiere of "The Hangover Part II" in Los Angeles

Record ID: 219776

  • Title: USA: Bradley Cooper joined by Mike Tyson and Robert Downey Jr. for the world premiere of "The Hangover Part II" in Los Angeles
  • Date: 20th May 2011
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MAY 19, 2011) (REUTERS) PAN OF HANGOVER PART II CARPET WIDE SHOT OF CARPET BRADLEY COOPER ON CARPET ED HELMS TALKING TO MEDIA CRYSTAL THE MONKEY CLOSE UP ZACH GALIFIANAKIS POSING FOR PICTURES MIKE TYSON TALKING TO REPORTER SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS TALKING TO ROBERT DOWNY JR. ED HELMS TALKING TO REPORTER (SOUNDBITE) (English) ED HELMS, SAYING: "I mean, we just were working so hard, it was all we could do to stay awake through dinner every night, let alone play pranks on each other. Also, it just felt like the city was just constantly pranking us. Bangkok is just such an insane place, like just getting around...Ok we're stuck in traffic behind a guy with a pig strapped to his motorcycle, is this a joke? No, this is real. This is Bangkok." BRADLEY COOPER ON CARPET KRISTEN BELL AND DAX SHEPARD ON CARPET ZACH GALIFIANAKIS ON CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ZACH GALIFIANAKIS, SAYING: "I wish the credits had been, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, a monkey, Zach Galifianakis. That would have been great. Just in the order of the credits" ROBERT DOWNY JR. ON CARPET MIKE TYSON TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) MIKE TYSON, SAYING: "Man, he couldn't have been a better guy as far as showing support, helping me out and building my confidence back up. And it's particularly generous, that I've been involved in, but never had the magnitude of this. I was explaining to my daughter and the other interviewers, that when I'm in other countries, or even in America, when somebody's 10 or 12 years old, they say, "Hey, Mike Tyson the actor!" They know Mike Tyson the actor. At first I'm a little offended, but I say, "Hey, it's ok." You know, it's ok. PAN FROM MIKE TYSON TO ZACH GALIFIANAKIS AND ED HELMS DOING INTERVIEWS KEN JEONG TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) KEN JEONG, ON HAVING A MONKEY AS A CO-STAR, SAYING: "Crystal steals the whole movie for me. She's not a monkey to me, she's an actor and she's like the best actor I've ever worked with." VARIOUS OF CRYSTAL THE MONKEY (SOUNDBITE) (English) TODD PHILLIPS, DIRECTOR, SAYING: "I was saying that the other day, that chaos that we felt there really informs the movie. If you are making a movie about mayhem, sometimes you have to go to mayhem." SEAN "DIDDY" COMBS POSING FOR PHOTOS WIDE OF CARPET
  • Embargoed: 4th June 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Usa, Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVA5ERBK9PM2HDOXEV0KQEL107ZB
  • Story Text: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Mike Tyson hit the black carpet on Thursday (May 19) for the world premiere of "The Hangover Part II".
    The second installment of the bachelor party gone wrong film takes the "Wolfpack" to exotic Thailand where things do not go as planned.
    Ed Helms, who at one point in the film winds up with a tattoo on his face matching that of Mike Tyson, said the whole experience of working in Thailand was surreal.
    "Also, it just felt like the city was just constantly pranking us," said Helms. "Bangkok is just such an insane place, like just getting around...Ok we're stuck in traffic behind a guy with a pig strapped to his motorcycle, is this a joke? No, this is real. This is Bangkok."
    Funny man Zach Galifianakis joked about feeling upstaged by his monkey co-star, insisting she deserved higher billing in the credits.
    "I wish the credits had been, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, a monkey, Zach Galifianakis. That would have been great."
    Mike Tyson walked the black carpet with his daughter. He made it clear that he was honored to be included in the film and reassured reporters that he wasn't offended by Helms' copycat tattoo.
    Also in attendance were Sean "Diddy" Combs, Kristen Bell, and Robert Downey Jr., who is also one of the film's producers.
    "The Hangover Part II" hits theaters in the U.S. on May 26, just in time for Memorial Day weekend.
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