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# Folks Were Young and Sunburned at the 1999 Premiere of Runaway Bride
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/folks-were-young-and-sunburned-at-the-1999-premiere-of-runaway-bride-03-2021/
- Published: 2021-03-11T20:00:25.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-19T18:34:33.000Z
- Description: Sunny with 100% chance of pashminas.
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: *Flashback*, classic movie premieres, #wp, #wp-post, #hasslideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:15

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Two items:

a. I absolutely, 100%, completely and utterly believed that Catherine Zeta-Jones co-starred in this movie. She did *not.* (Rita Wilson did, though, and so did Joan Cusack -- and neither of them came to this premiere.) No, that was *America's Sweethearts*, which also featured *John* Cusack, a movie I totally forgot existed.

b. I cannot remember the press around this film, but I'd be interested to know if they had to really twist Julia's arm to do it, [given that she was famously a runaway bride herself,](https://people.com/archive/cover-story-miss-roberts-regrets-vol-35-no-25/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) or if she knew that would make for good PR. (That link goes to a contemporaneous story in *People* which is AN ABSOLUTE WATERFALL of gossip.)

One more item: Benjamin Bratt is VERY handsome here, so enjoy.

###### \[Photos: Mark J Terrill/AP/Shutterstock, Bei/Shutterstock, Stewart Cook/Shutterstock, Dave Lewis/Shutterstock, Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images\]