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# The "Much Ado About Nothing" Premieres Were Truly Delightful
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/the-much-ado-about-nothing-premieres-were-truly-delightful-06-2020/
- Published: 2020-06-12T16:00:25.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-19T19:05:53.000Z
- Description: It's quite a guest list.
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: *Flashback*, fugs, classic movie premieres, #wp, #wp-post, #hasslideshow, #Import 2026-10-07 08:09

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The year? 1993\. The project? The Kenneth Branagh/Emma Thompson/Denzel Washington/Keanu Reeves/Kate Beckinsale/Robert Sean Leonard adaptation of Shakespeare's *Much Ado About Nothing*, a film that I saw in the art theatre in my home town with my Dad, because he loves to go to the movies and will see anything with me. (The last time I went to the movies, in fact, was with my Dad -- we saw *Little Women* together.) Although I am an avowed lover of a period piece, I must confess that I went to this one because I had (have!) a really REALLY really really big crush on Robert Sean Leonard.

The attendance at this was a hoot. Some of the actors didn't come -- Kate Beckinsale did seemingly no press, although she was still a student at Oxford and I suspect she couldn't miss too much; Michael Keaton didn't show, either -- but A TON of very very uninvolved famous people did, as you will see. What you won't see, because I wasn't going to spend my money on his face, is that Ivana Trump AND Donald and Marla Maples came to the New York premiere. I hope drinks were thrown in various directions.

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