Curiouser and Curiouser
No Brad or Cate, but Plenty of People-Watching at the Benjamin Button Screening
Last night, Mary-Kate Olsen, Chace Crawford, and Moby were among those who flocked to the Tribeca Film Center for a Cinema Society screening of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Discussing the curious—and quite technical—process by which director David Fincher made Brad Pitt appear to age backwards (a concept based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story), Taraji Henson, who plays Queenie, admitted her co-star has his limitations. "He can't shrink himself," she said. "He's good, but he's not that good."
Following the movie, the crowd headed to the Soho Grand Hotel for the after-party in a Fincher-meets-Fitzgerald-induced haze. After watching a film that puts a youthful physique and its dewlike glow in their rightful, fleeting place, what are a bunch of bright young things to do? Drink, of course! When we caught up with Fincher, he clearly still had the whole age thing on his mind. "It's like an 18-year-old," he said of his latest flick. "You're not sure if it's ready to be on its own yet." Those five Golden Globe nominations should help ease his concern.
