i interviewed frodo

[lobelia321]

True and also sorry. Because it shows how excessive secrecy can backfire.

Yesterday our very old friend rang to say 'Happy Christmas'. He works for Reuters in Berlin. We chitchatted for 10 minutes and then I asked, idly:

"So, have you seen Lord of the Rings 3?"

"Oh yes. I saw the premiere."

"The premiere?? In Berlin??!"

"Oh yes. I was there on business. I interviewed Frodo."

".... 111."

After I recovered my powers of speech and struggled for normal tones of voice (still that damned secrecy), I ascertained the truth of this extraordinary revelation. Our friend who resides in a completely different realm in my brain from the one occupied by fannish lunacy did indeed interview Elijah Wood for 10 minutes for Reuters.

wtf

I could finally contain myself no longer and squealed, "Did you see Karl Urban?"

"Who?"

"Karl Urban! Eomer!!"

"He wasn't there."

*voice does somersaults* "Oh yes, he was. Could you have got me an autograph? A piece of his skin? A lock of hair?" (Yes, I said 'lock of hair'... My idiocy knows no bounds. The man *has* no locks of hair at the moment!!)

"Oh yes, I could have got anything from anyone. If you'd told me..."

*self screams inwardly*

Anyway, how about that?

I'm liek so totally weirded out.

Damn that stupid secrecy. I should have primed him!!! I must make sure that he's at the Bourne Supremacy Berlin premiere. Er, if they have one.

Oh, and to anyone who cares: The friend says that his ten minutes were blahblah and a waste, as these things often are, that PR women bustle about and say "you may have 10 minutes now" in irritating fashion, that he (interviewer) is bored and that he (interviewee) is bored but both have to be there and do that thing.

Bugger it all, I wish he'd talked to Karl.