TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Gerard Butler delights his fans with ridiculous antics at the Machine Gun Preacher red carpet gala
TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Gerard Butler delights his fans with ridiculous antics at the Machine Gun Preacher red carpet gala
By Lia Grainger | September 12, 2011
By Lia Grainger | 09/12/2011
The premiere of Machine Gun Preacher yesterday at Roy Thomson Hall turned out to be a roisterous affair, as Gerard Butler pulled out all the stops to please fans and press alike. Michael Shannon and Michelle Monaghan’s arrival naturally elicited its fair share of shrieks from the crowd, but the fans totally lost it when Butler emerged from a Cadillac SUV (which he promptly jumped upon before running the length of the partition, offering high fives for all). Before Butler there was Sam Childers , the man on whose incredible life the film is based, sporting a Harley Davidson jacket, a killer ’stache and a steely gaze that silenced even the most gregarious photographers. Young Madeline Carroll was an absolute charmer, wearing some of the hottest shoes at the festival so far, and director Marc Forster played it cool, rocking the classic hipster uniform: a hoodie under a blazer and Chuck Taylor kicks. Chris Cornell was there too (for some reason). Weird. See our photo gallery, after the jump.
89877 (Image: Lia Grainger) Gerard Butler waves to fans on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_intro-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_intro.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_intro.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_intro/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_intro 0 0
Gerard Butler waves to fans on the red carpet
89856 (Image: Lia Grainger) Gerard Butler waves to fans on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_1-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_1.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_1/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_1 0 0
Gerard Butler waves to fans on the red carpet
89858 (Image: Lia Grainger) Gerard Butler looks dapper on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_3-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_3.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_3/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_3 0 0
Gerard Butler looks dapper on the red carpet
89860 (Image: Lia Grainger) Up close and personal with Gerard Butler TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_5-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_5.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_5/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_5 0 0
Up close and personal with Gerard Butler
89861 (Image: Lia Grainger) Michelle Monaghan in white on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_6-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_6.jpg 531 700 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_6/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_6 0 0
Michelle Monaghan in white on the red carpet
89862 (Image: Lia Grainger) Michelle Monaghan posing on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_7-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_7.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_7.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_7/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_7 0 0
Michelle Monaghan posing on the red carpet
89864 (Image: Lia Grainger) Madeline Carroll in teal on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_9-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_9.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_9.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_9/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_9 0 0
Madeline Carroll in teal on the red carpet
89866 (Image: Lia Grainger) Madeline Carroll posing in some killer heels on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_10-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_10.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_10.jpg 474 700 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_10/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_10 0 0
Madeline Carroll posing in some killer heels on the red carpet
89867 (Image: Lia Grainger) Teisha Evanson in a (very) little black dress on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_11-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_11.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_11.jpg 474 700 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_11/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_11 0 0
Teisha Evanson in a (very) little black dress on the red carpet
89868 (Image: Lia Grainger) Musician Chris Cornell and Vicky Karayiannis TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_12-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_12.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_12.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_12/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_12 0 0
Musician Chris Cornell and Vicky Karayiannis
89869 (Image: Lia Grainger) Sam Childers and friend on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_13-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_13.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_13.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_13/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_13 0 0
Sam Childers and friend on the red carpet
89870 (Image: Lia Grainger) Sam Childers and Elizabeth Di Prinzio on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_14-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_14.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_14.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_14/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_14 0 0
Sam Childers and Elizabeth Di Prinzio on the red carpet
89872 (Image: Lia Grainger) Souleymane Sy Savane and friend on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_16-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_16.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_16.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_16/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_16 0 0
Souleymane Sy Savane and friend on the red carpet
89873 (Image: Lia Grainger) Michael Shannon on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_17-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_17.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_17.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_17/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_17 0 0
Michael Shannon on the red carpet
89874 (Image: Lia Grainger) Rodrigo Santoro on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_18-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_18.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_18.jpg 624 460 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_18/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_18 0 0
Rodrigo Santoro on the red carpet
89875 (Image: Lia Grainger) Writer Jason Keller on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_19-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_19.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_19.jpg 531 700 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_19/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_19 0 0
Writer Jason Keller on the red carpet
89876 (Image: Lia Grainger) Gary Safady and Craig Chapman on the red carpet TIFF <em>Machine Gun Preacher</em> red carpet gala https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_20-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_20.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sept11TIFFmachinegunrc_20.jpg 531 700 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/machine-gun-preacher-red-carpet/slide/sept11tiffmachinegunrc_20/ sept11tiffmachinegunrc_20 0 0
Gary Safady and Craig Chapman on the red carpet
The friend Sam Childers is with is his wife Lynn Childers.