Michael Cera, Jason Schwartzman, Kieran Culkin battle the red carpet for 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
Michael Cera told Hero Complex recently that he really enjoyed getting into fighting shape for his lead role in "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," which premiered Tuesday night in Hollywood.
"I felt fantastic, mentally and physically," Cera said. "It was a long time ago.”
Not so long ago that he couldn't fight his way down the red carpet, however, with cast mates including Kieran Culkin, who plays the platonically bed-sharing gay roommate; Anna Kendrick, the sister who can't help falling for gay men; and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who as Ramona Flowers is the object of Scott Pilgrim's desire -- and the chick with the seven evil exes who must be defeated.
Other "Pilgrim" people hitting the carpet Tuesday: Jason Schwartzman, Brandon Routh, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Mae Whitman and Ellen Wong, plus director Edgar Wright and author Bryan Lee O'Malley, who wrote the books on which the film is based.
Directors Judd Apatow and Guillermo del Toro were there to check out the flick -- which also screened as a surprise for fans at Comic-Con on Thursday -- along with actors Abigail Breslin, Thomas Jane, Sigourney Weaver and Seth Green, to name a few.
Click on the photo of Winstead to launch a picture gallery of red carpet arrivals. The film opens in U.S. theaters Aug. 13.
-- Christie D'Zurilla
Top photo: Jason Schwartzman, left, Ellen Wong, Michael Cera, Aubrey Plaza and Kieran Culkin pose at the premiere of Universal Pictures' "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on July 27, 2010. Credit: Kevin Winter / Getty Images
I'm a little mad...okay, even a bit pi$$ed off at the LA Times: I saw the link for this new show, and I am not even a follower of the this kind of stuff, but I saw an Asian girl and thought, "Yeah, who is she and what is her role?"
I clicked on "Photo Gallery" expecting to see her photo because she is one of main people mentioned, but they only have photos of the WHITE actors! HELLO LA Times...figure this one out! Are you institutionally that oppressive to Asian American talent/culture or are you really that naive to the significance of the Asian American community?
I'm really not an angry Asian man, but sometimes I just got to put on my activist hat.
Posted by: Tahmi Joh | Jul 28, 2010 at 04:36 PM
hahah I feel the same way, notice how Aubrey Plaza, the cute latina to Cera's left, has no mention of her name on the above text! eventhough she stars in Parks nad Recreation and was seen in Funny People, but has been brushed aside. IF I see Scott Pilgrim, it will be because she is in it!
Posted by: robin | Jul 28, 2010 at 05:23 PM
DOH! they put the people captions way at the bottom of the article..my bad!
Posted by: robin | Jul 28, 2010 at 05:24 PM
Michael Cera is awesome, but isn't it time he invest in a big boy suit??? And unclench those fists!
Posted by: Tee | Jul 29, 2010 at 03:07 PM