Yesterday, April 10, 2008, I got the pleasure of meeting Amy Adams in SoHo! If I were to write down the whole story as to how I got there & what events occurred I'd take more than a half hour but here are some of the most important things.
My friend & I arrived in Soho asking everyone and anyone what time Julie & Julia was going to be filming. There were signs and lights everywhere but no cameras. After more than an hour, we came across a trailer with the name Julie Powell on it. I knew that was Amy's character's name so we waited in front of it for about another hour hoping to catch a glimpse of her & maybe get a quick picture. The truck drivers & crew members we started talking to said how nice Amy was & that she'd take a picture with us no doubt. When her assistant came & brought her 2 dogs into the trailer we knew she was on her way.
When she finally arrived she walked by so quickly that we couldn't even ask her for a picture. I instantly noticed her new hair do & she greeted us with a smile. After about another half hour she finally came out of her trailer for a dress rehearsal. We tried to approach her but she was talking on her cell phone & this mean man was trying to keep us away from her (he wasn't her bodyguard ... we actually met her bodyguard & he was really nice).
She continued walking down the block so we decided to follow her because we wanted to see her in action practicing some scenes. When this one guy walked onto the set by mistake & asked her who Amy Adams was she jokingly replied she didn't know but then later revealed her true identity :) Surprisingly, not many people even knew who she was and when they finally did realize who my friend & I were talking about, they knew her as the sister from the Wedding Date rather than for her roles in Enchanted or Junebug.
Once she finished what she was doing about 20 minutes later we realized she was going back to her trailer. We followed her, another female who I'm guessing is also an assistant, & the mean guy down the block. I ran across the street to get to her & asked politely if my friend & I could take a picture with her. She said it was alright & the mean guy who tried to stop me from even getting to her took it for us. She is really friendly & pretty in person & I'm so extremely happy I was able to meet her! Waiting for 5 hours was well worth it.
Many, many thanks to Stephany (www.amyadamsblog.blogspot.com) for the location info.
BTW -- she's wearing a wig
