- Title: Cast and crew of 'Baby Driver' attend the film's downtown LA premiere
- Date: 15th June 2017
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 14, 2017) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** EXTERIOR CANOPY SIGNAGE AT 'BABY DRIVER' PREMIERE CAR AND NEON ON CARPET AT THE PREMIERE WITH WIDE OF CARPET ANSEL ELGORT POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS CLOSE UP OF ANSEL ELGORT POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS JON HAMM POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS JAMIE FOXX POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ANSEL ELGORT, LILY JAMES, EIZA GONZALEZ AND JON HAMM TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR ANSEL ELGORT ON HIM AND MUSIC BEING THE STARS OF THE MOVIE SAYING: "Well, I think Kevin Specy and Jamie Foxx and and Jon Hamm, all those guys, are stars too, and Edgar Wright. I get top billing but I think that's just... they were being nice." ANSEL ELGORT TALKING TO MEDIA ANSEL ELGORT TALKING TO MEDIA OVER SHOULDER (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR ANSEL ELGORT ON LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE TO WORK WITH CO-STAR CJ JONES SAYING: "He is incredible, he's actually the first African-American deaf actor to ever in a feature film and working with him was great because I had a sign language coach so I learnt all the lines that I was supposed to learn for the movie but he helped me to make sure that everything felt very real and authentic." CJ JONES POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ANSEL ELGORT POSING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, VIOLETTA KOMYSHAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR ANSEL ELGORT ON SEEING PRINCE'S LAST LIVE SHOW IN ATLANTA WHERE THEY WERE FILMING JUST DAYS BEFORE THE SINGER DIED SAYING: "I called my girlfriend right after I saw him, I said, 'This is incredible, I can't believe I've never seen Prince until now. He is, I understand why he's a legend, I understand, I understand,' and then he died and I'm so glad that I got to see him." JON HAMM TALKING TO JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR JON HAMM SAYING: "I'm not a great passenger, I'm s better driver than a passenger. I don't think people like driving with me very much because I do driver very fast." JON HAMM POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR JON HAMM ON WHAT HE GOT TO KEEP FROM HIS TIME ON SET SAYING: "I unfortunately had to keep that ridiculous haircut for about six more weeks because I had to stay there for a while but that's all I got." DIRECTOR EDGAR WRIGHT POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS WITH JAMIE FOXX, ANSEL ELGORT AND FLEA JAMIE FOXX POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR ON HIS FELLOW CAST MEMBERS SAYING: "(Ansel Elgort) knows his music but when they say action it's mind-blowing so he, Jon Hamm, Kevin Spacey, all these guys man, and girls, Lily, Eiza, just amazing." JAMIE FOXX TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR JAMIE FOXX SAYING: "Am I a backseat driver? No man, I'm just laid back." JAMIE FOXX INTERACTING ON THE CARPET EDGAR WRIGHT AND JAMIE FOXX POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ANSEL ELGORT JOINS FLEA POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR AND RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS BASSIST FLEA ON THIS BEING HIS THIRD CAR MOVIE AFTER BACK TO THE FUTURE AND THE CHASE SAYING: "Well, those are car movies, aren't they? That is very weird and I've never even considered or thought of that in my feeble little mind but I do like being part of things that I think have the potential to be beautiful and I have a lot of faith in Edgar as an artist." LILY JAMES POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR LILY JAMES ON ANSEL'S STUNT DRIVING SAYING: "He was amazing, he really did loads of training and he really pretty much all of it himself within reason and I felt very safe in his hands, which was nice. He takes it very seriously, he's very dedicated, committed actor." LILY JAMES TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR LILY JAMES ON WHAT SHE GOT TO KEEP FROM THE SET SAYING: "I kept a lot of my jewelry from the character. I had a lucky wishbone (necklace) so I am hoping it's going to give me luck." EDGAR WRIGHT AND ANSEL ELGORT POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS EDGAR WRIGHT TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR EDGAR WRIGHT ON GETTING A LOT OF MUSICIANS IN THE CAST SAYING: "I think there were people that we cast in the film like Flea, Sky Ferreira and Paul Williams but then once we were in Atlanta we tried to get some Atlanta musicians in there as well so there's like Big Boi and Killer Mike. To be honest I would have done even more of that if I'd have had the parts." SIDE SHOT OF EDGAR WRIGHT AND ANSEL ELGORT POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS GROUP SHOT OF CAST AND DIRECTOR EDGAR WRIGHT (SOUNDBITE) (English) DIRECTOR EDGAR WRIGHT ON HIS VISION MATCHING THE FINISHED FILM SAYING: "I think in a way it's sort of surpassed what I dreamed up. I didn't really finish this script until like six years ago so it's something that's been like building up in my brain for a long time." EZIA GONZALEZ POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS EZIA GONZALEZ POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS CLOSE UP JON BERNTHAL POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS WIDE OF CAST AND DIRECTOR EDGAR WRIGHT POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AS A GROUP DIRECTOR JAMES GUNN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS DIRECTOR ELI ROTH POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS SKY FERREIRA POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS AUBREY PLAZA POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS WIDE OF 'BABY DRIVER' SIGNAGE AT PREMIERE
- Embargoed: 29th June 2017 06:23
- Keywords: Ansel Elgort music driving Prince Eiza González Edgar Wright Lily James Jon Hamm Baby Driver Jon Bernthal Jamie Foxx stunts premiere
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA0026LE07KD
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm and Ansel Elgort were among the cast of "Baby Driver" who walked the carpet at the film's premiere in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night (June 14).
The film, the latest from director Edgar Wright, is about a young and talented getaway driver named Baby, played by Ansel Elgort, who uses music to both combat tinnitus that he developed following an accident as a child and to heighten his focus and reflexes behind the wheel.
Baby meets the girl of his dreams, played by Lily James, and he sees it as a chance to ditch his life of crime and make a clean getaway. The only problem is that his boss, played by Kevin Spacey, has other plans.
"Baby Driver" hits theaters on June 28. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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