TIFF Red Carpet: Emma Thompson makes us love her even more at The Love Punch premiere
TIFF Red Carpet: Emma Thompson makes us love her even more at The Love Punch premiere
By Chris Hampton | September 13, 2013
By Chris Hampton | 09/13/2013
Emma Thompson, a shoe-in for TIFF’s most delightful ham, brought her ad hoc comedy act to the premiere of The Love Punch at Roy Thompson Hall last night. The star high-fived fans, pulled faces and got so silly that she actually lost a shoe, which co-star Pierce Brosnan obligingly retrieved. In Joel Hopkins’ comic caper, the pair play a divorced couple who reunite for a jewel heist when their retirement fund is stolen—a fun gig for two actors who clearly enjoy each other. That said, Thompson told us that if she were to plan a robbery in real life, she’d buddy up with late comedy legend Zero Mostel, the fast-talking con-man of Mel Brooks’s The Producers. Brosnan (who, at 60, still pulls in wolf whistles) had two potential partners-in-crime: he initially planned to tap his James Bond successor Daniel Craig, but then quickly changed his answer to wife Keely Smith. Smart guy.
235004 Pierce Brosnan at <em>The Love Punch</em> (Image: Christopher Drost) TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-8-e1379087732906-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-8.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-8.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-love-punch-gala/slide/love-punch-gala-8/ love-punch-gala-8 0 0
(Image: Christopher Drost)
235007 Director/writer Joel Hopkins at <em>The Love Punch</em> (Image: Christopher Drost) TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-11-e1379087691657-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-11.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-11.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-love-punch-gala/slide/love-punch-gala-11/ love-punch-gala-11 0 0
(Image: Christopher Drost)
235008 Emma Thompson at <em>The Love Punch</em> (Image: Christopher Drost) TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-12-e1379087705811-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-12.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-12.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-love-punch-gala/slide/love-punch-gala-12/ love-punch-gala-12 0 0
(Image: Christopher Drost)
235006 Emma Thompson at <em>The Love Punch</em> (Image: Christopher Drost) TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-10-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-10.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-10.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-love-punch-gala/slide/love-punch-gala-10/ love-punch-gala-10 0 0
(Image: Christopher Drost)
235005 Emma Thompson at <em>The Love Punch</em> (Image: Christopher Drost) TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-9-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-9.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-9.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-love-punch-gala/slide/love-punch-gala-9/ love-punch-gala-9 0 0
(Image: Christopher Drost)
235014 Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson at <em>The Love Punch</em> (Image: Christopher Drost) TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Main-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Main.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Main.jpg 1000 667 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-love-punch-gala/slide/love-punch-main/ love-punch-main 0 0
(Image: Christopher Drost)
235002 Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson at <em>The Love Punch</em> (Image: Christopher Drost) TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-6-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-6.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-love-punch-gala/slide/love-punch-gala-6/ love-punch-gala-6 0 0
(Image: Christopher Drost)
235001 Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson at <em>The Love Punch</em> (Image: Christopher Drost) TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-5-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-5.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-love-punch-gala/slide/love-punch-gala-5/ love-punch-gala-5 0 0
(Image: Christopher Drost)
235000 Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson at <em>The Love Punch</em> (Image: Christopher Drost) TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-4-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-4.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-love-punch-gala/slide/love-punch-gala-4/ love-punch-gala-4 0 0
(Image: Christopher Drost)
234999 Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson at <em>The Love Punch</em> (Image: Christopher Drost) TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-3-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-3.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-love-punch-gala/slide/love-punch-gala-3/ love-punch-gala-3 0 0
(Image: Christopher Drost)
235009 Pierce Brosnan and Emma Thompson at <em>The Love Punch</em> (Image: Christopher Drost) TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-love-punch-gala/slide/love-punch-gala/ love-punch-gala 0 0
(Image: Christopher Drost)
234998 Emma Thompson at <em>The Love Punch</em> (Image: Christopher Drost) TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch TIFF Red Carpet: Love Punch https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-2-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Love-Punch-Gala-2.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/the-love-punch-gala/slide/love-punch-gala-2/ love-punch-gala-2 0 0
(Image: Christopher Drost)