When actress Malin Akerman headed to Sundance Thursday to promote three films at the festival: Happythankyoumoreplease, Bang Bang Club, and The Romantics, she hung around the airport in Los Angeles looking like just another passenger awaiting her plane. But when she landed in Salt Lake City, it was an entirely different situation. Watchmen fans surrounded their Silk Spectre with freshly printed glossy photos, searching for a signature. The attention seemed a bit out of place, and rather extreme, for this airport that is usually filled with ski buffs ready to attack Utah’s snowy peaks. But one week out of the year, Utah becomes a star-studded locale, and the fans are ready. “I always wonder how they know where I am,” says Akerman. “There must be some insider at the airport who calls all the Watchmen fans, because they are always the ones that show up.” And how does Akerman handle the adoration? “You’ve got to give them a ‘one more and I’ll see you at the festival.’ But they can be pretty adamant. One of these days I’m going to have to interview them to figure out how they find me.”
Akerman’s first film Happythankyoumoreplease debuted to a standing ovation. The directorial debut from How I Met Your Mother star Josh Radnor has received some solid reviews and is likely to sell by the end of the festival.
Ted Moseby directed a movie? Right on!
Maybe Malin has a dedicated satellite in orbit to track her movements…she may also want to check herself to see if some fan managed to Lojack her while she was asleep.
Ugh. Can not stand her.
She was easily the worst thing about Watchmen.
Terrible, terrible actress. Pretty, but terrible.
I didn’t mind her in Watchmen but she wasn’t brilliant.
Saying that she was easily the worst thing about Watchmen though? I have to wonder if you watched the movie on mute. The worst thing about it was clearly the music. Whoever decided on the music should be shot, brought back to life, and shot once more. I love the Watchmen movie but the music makes me cringe every time I re-watch it.
Her weird comments about Obama ruined her for me.
i think she is a terrible actress. i hope she’s better in ted mosbeys movie.
Does she have her shirt on these movies? I’ve never seen a mainstream actress so willing and eager to take her shirt off.