During the extended ovation, the crowd, which included filmmakers like Ari Aster, Chloe Zhao and Mona Fastvold, cheered “Lance, Lance, Lance” and the
During the extended ovation, the crowd, which included filmmakers like Ari Aster, Chloe Zhao and Mona Fastvold, cheered “Lance, Lance, Lance” and then, “Phoebe, Phoebe, Phoebe,” for her motion picture debut. Pattinson, for his part, could not stop running his hand through his hair and whispering excitedly to his nearby partner, Suki Waterhouse.
After the premiere, Waterhouse slipped out of her red carpet heels and into sensible loafers before the journey to the afterparty. A fleet of private water taxis provided by A24 met guests at the Hotel Excelsior—a main hub of the festival—to take them on a sunset boat ride to the St. Regis hotel, where the Primetime after-party was held. Bespoke Primetime hats were up for grabs that displayed the film’s name in English and Italian (Prima Serata), and guests sipped on Aperol spritzes and ate personal pizzas as the cast and crew arrived.
At the after party, Oppenheim raised a toast to his editor, Mike Harkin, gathering the crowd inside the St. Regis to sing “Happy Birthday.” Storied actor Bokeem Woodbine, who plays the chief of police in Murphy, Texas, has the most iconic line of the film, which I won’t spoil for you here. He noted that despite his four-decade career, this was his first time in Venice.
“Brother, I did not think it would translate in the Italian audience,” said Woodbine exclusively to Vanity Fair. “I’m a mercenary. I don’t get off on adulation. I do what I got to fucking do. But that? Felt good.”
