Murder on the Orient Express: All aboard for a night of glamour at the London premiere
STARS of the hotly awaited remake of Murder On The Orient Express oozed old-school glamour at its London premiere last night.
Michelle Pfeiffer and Johnny Depp attended the premiere at The Royal Albert Hall
Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley and Penelope Cruz, 43, led the parade as they posed on the red carpet at London’s Royal Albert Hall with co-stars Olivia Colman, Dame Judi Dench, Lucy Boynton, 23, and director Kenneth Branagh – who stars as detective Hercule Poirot.
Pfeiffer, 59, who plays a rich and outspoken widow in the mystery, sparkled in a dazzling silver gown while Depp, 54, lived up to his louche image by posing with his bow tie rakishly undone.
The lavish film boasts Oscar winners Dame Judi, 82, and Cruz.
Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley, 25, who plays the fierce-minded governess Mary Debenham, was resplendent in an emerald gown.
Cinema legends Judi Dench and Derek Jacobi were among the stars attending the premiere
I do love the ‘I think I know, I think I’ve got it, I’ve totally got it’ and I never get it right
She admitted that she was so overwhelmed on meeting others on the set on the first day of filming that she blurted out a naughty word.
“I swore,” she said.
“Well, it was Johnny Depp and Judi Dench. I couldn’t help myself.”
Olivia Colman, 43, confessed that she had watched the 1974 version of the film with Albert Finney as Poirot but said it was so long ago she could not remember who did it.
Stars Wars actress Daisy Ridley, who played the fierce-minded governess, arrived in an emerald dress
She also admitted that she had never read an Agatha Christie novel.
“That’s awful,” said Olivia, who plays the loyal maid of Dame Judi’s haughty Princess Dragomiroff.
“I do love a whodunnit, which again is remarkable why I’ve never read them.
“It makes no sense, I’m just as baffled as everybody else but I do love the ‘I think I know, I think I’ve got it, I’ve totally got it’ and I never get it right.”
Penelope Cruz arrived at the premiere in a sparkly black number
Taken from the novel by Agatha Christie, it tells of 13 stranded strangers on the famous train who are all suspects in the gruesome murder of a fellow passenger who has been stabbed multiple times.
Among the travellers is a Russian princess, a missionary, an Army officer and car salesman.
Branagh, 56, joked that the moustache he wore as the famous detective almost stole the show.
“It was enormous, very bold,” he said.
“It had its own dressing room.”