he is drunk :)
Last night (9/14) I was fortunate enough to attend HBO's 'The Wire' premiere in NY. The premiere was at Chelsea West Theaters and dinner/party afterwards was at Vento.
It was kind of hard to take pictures (because I didn't want to annoy anyone) but I got a few (and someone is hopefully sending me the picture they took of me and Michael K. Williams (Omar)).
The show was great. It premieres this Sunday on HBO (9/18) so you should definitely catch it. If you haven't watched the 1st two seasons it may be a little hard to get into it now... the stories are kind of complex.
My goals for the night were to meet Dominic West (McNulty and star of many movies including the new one w/Julianne Moore- 'The Forgotten'), Michael K. Williams (Omar) and Idris Elba (Stringer Bell).
Goals accomplished.
Once there I realized I also really wanted to meet Andre Royo (Bubbles) and Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka on 'The Wire' and Fred Yokas on 'Third Watch').
Accomplished.
I told Chris Bauer how amazing he was this past season on The Wire and how I have watched him for years on Third Watch. He said he has been disappointed with Third Watch, 'third watch doesn't let me do anything' (meaning acting wise).
I danced with Dominic West (who was very drunk- see the photos below) and chatted with Jim True-Frost (Detective Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski), Callie Thorne (McNulty's ex-wife, now Sheila on FX's Rescue Me), Domenick Lombardozzi (Detective Thomas "Herc" Hauk) and Delaney Williams (Sergeant Jay Landsman). I hung out with Richard Burton (Shamrock) and his pal Moses.
Tameka and I had a very funny discussion with Pablo Schreiber (Nick Sobotka) about how most actors are so much shorter in real life, except he was much much taller than he appeared on TV, it was funny- maybe you had to be there...
I boogied with Andre Royo (Bubbles) and Michael K. Williams (Omar) and discussed Baltimore with David Simon (Executive Producer, Creator of The Wire).
The only people that weren't there that I would have liked to have met were James Ransone (Ziggy Sobotka) and Wood Harris (Avon Barksdale).
It was a blast. I have to totally thank Tameka for the invite and the opportunity to squeeze Dominic West's ass (another goal accomplished)...